Carl Beckwith

Carl Beckwith was appointed Chief Executive Officer on January 25, 2021. In this role, Carl leads all strategic and operational initiatives across the global enterprise. Carl joins Dura to lead its next phase of revitalization and growth, as the company builds on its legacy as a leader in vehicle lightweighting, mechatronics, and exterior trim solutions. Dura has announced the investment and launch of four new facilities in 24 months across Europe and the United States to support the rapidly growing market for electric vehicles, including the increasing demand for structural EV battery enclosures.

Carl brings Dura 25 years of global automotive leadership and operational excellence experience in manufacturing and with Tier 1 automotive suppliers. His senior leadership roles span operations, commercial, engineering, and program management. Carl built his career on fostering organizational focus toward serving the customer. He delivers winning outcomes through successful collaborations among company leaders and driving cross-business unit operational best-practice sharing, benchmarking, and policy deployment to elevate operational excellence and continuous improvement across organizations.

Before joining Dura, Carl was Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing at Dana Incorporated, responsible for its global operations. Before Dana, Carl spent 11 years with International Automotive Components (IAC), where he most recently served as President, Americas. Before that role, he worked as senior vice president, North American operations for IAC. Carl has led operations while based in Sweden and the United States. He held significant operational leadership roles with Lear Corporation and Tower Automotive and began his career as a process engineer with Lockheed Martin.

In 2019, Carl was recognized by Automotive News as a Rising Star in the automotive supplier industry. He has earned a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business.