Jim Voss

Jim Voss was appointed Tenneco’s Chief Executive Officer in November 2022. Voss offers nearly three decades of business experience in a wide range of industries, products and technologies with publicly traded companies as well as private equity groups.

For the last 11 years, Voss has worked with Apollo Global Management, serving as both operating advisor and portfolio CEO. In October 2015, he was appointed president and CEO of Vectra immediately following Apollo’s acquisition of the company.

Prior to joining Apollo, Voss was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Solutia Inc., a specialty chemicals/materials company (formerly Monsanto Chemical/Materials Co.), and senior vice president and chief administrative officer at Premcor Inc., a major independent oil refiner.

Voss currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Vacuumschmelze, headquartered in Germany, and is a member of the board of directors of Tenneco, ABC Technologies, headquartered in Canada and Kem One, headquartered in France. He has previously served on the board of directors of Vectra, Pinnacle Agriculture, Taminco Corporation, Stepan Company, and on the board of trustees at Maryville University.

Voss holds dual bachelor’s degrees in psychology and sociology from Maryville University, a master’s degree in organizational development from Webster University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.