Thomas A. Amato

President and Chief Executive Officer

Thomas A. Amato is president & CEO of Metaldyne, LLC, the newly formed company by the acquisition of certain assets of Metaldyne Corporation by MD Investors. MD Investors is principally controlled by The Carlyle Group.

Mr. Amato provides strategic and operational leadership to the global automotive supply company with 23 facilities in 12 countries. He also serves on the Board of MD Investors, the parent company of Metaldyne, LLC.

Mr. Amato holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. He also has completed senior management courses at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH. Mr. Amato currently serves on the Board of Asahi Tec, a Tokyo Stock Exchange publicly traded company, on the Board of Business Leaders for Michigan and on the Wayne State Engineering School’s Board of Advisors.

Mr. Amato has successfully completed numerous strategic, investment, acquisitions, divestitures, and financial restructuring assignments. He works out of Metaldyne’s global headquarters in Plymouth, Mich.

Prior to his current role as president and CEO of Metaldyne, LLC, Mr. Amato held positions with the following companies:

• Metaldyne Corporation: Chairman, President, & CEO; EVP of Corporate Development & Treasury; EVP of Commercial Operations, and VP of Corporate Development
• Asahi Tec Corporation: Co-CEO and Executive Officer
• TriMas Corporation: VP of Corporate Development
• MascoTech, Inc.: Director of Corporate Development
• Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI): Engineering Group Leader
• General Motors: Engineering team