Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

John Plant is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of TRW Automotive. A leader in automotive safety systems, TRW employs over 60,000 people in approximately 190 major facilities around the world and is ranked among the top 10 automotive suppliers globally.

Prior to February 2003, Mr. Plant had been a co-member of the Chief Executive Office of TRW Inc. since 2001 and an executive vice president of TRW since the company's 1999 acquisition of Lucas Varity.

Previously, Mr. Plant was president of Lucas Varity Automotive and managing director of the Electrical and Electronic division from 1991 through 1997.

Mr. Plant is a member of the board of directors of Masco Corporation as well as the Automotive Safety Council, a member of Henry Ford Health System Board and a vice chairman of the Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board.

A graduate of the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics, Accounting and Law, Mr. Plant is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.