Michael-John Charlton

Michael-John Charlton has been Chief Operating Officer of REE since 2020. Previously, Mr. Charlton has served as senior vice president of Global Manufacturing Development for Tenneco Inc., responsible for Tenneco’s global manufacturing strategy and competence development. Mr. Charlton also held other positions at Tenneco, including as senior vice president of global supply chain management and manufacturing, as managing director for Tenneco’s business activities in India, and as executive operations director for emission control, Europe. Prior to joining Tenneco in 2005, Mr. Charlton spent eight years at TRW Automotive, where he held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, the most recent being lead director European Purchasing and operations director, UK. He also spent five years working for Lucas where he was general manager, Czech Republic, and manufacturing manager, UK. Mr. Charlton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Queen Elizabeth College at the University of London.