Josh Araujo

Josh Araujo is the Chief Executive Officer of Forterra. He previously served Forterra as Chief Operating Officer and in that role garnered key insights across all company operations and now brings his dynamic experience in corporate development, finance, and operations to the CEO position.

Josh joined Forterra in 2021 lead the company’s successful Series A fundraising, and through that process became a trusted leader advisor across all core disciplines of the company and helped spearhead development of Forterra's Autonomy as a Service business model.

Josh has more than 20 years of experience across military, investment banking and financial leadership roles. He was previously CFO of OGT Engineering and Construction, and prior to that served as Senior Vice President in Jefferies Industrials Investment Banking Group, where he worked on a broad range of M&A, debt, and equity capital market transactions in the aerospace, defense, and government sectors. Josh started his finance career as an M&A associate at Lazard, focusing on a variety of public and private transactions in the industrial and consumer sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an M.B.A. from Texas A&M University.