Toray Advanced Composites appoints Steven Mead as Global Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Mead will play a pivotal role in achieving Toray’s global commercial strategy and expanding the market penetration of Toray’s next-generation composite materials technology. Having held senior management positions at Toray Advanced Composites for over ten years, this appointment follows Mr. Mead’s recent position as CCO at Re:Build Manufacturing in North America. Mr. Mead has a strong reputation for driving growth in the composites industry, spearheading the development of key business growth initiatives for all areas of the value chain from composite material development to industrializing high-rate composite part manufacture across major industry sectors.

“We are thrilled to welcome Steve Mead back to our team as the new Global CCO,” comments Scott Unger, Global CEO of Toray Advanced Composites. “Steve is a driven, curious, market-savvy leader with proven expertise in our industry. He has a thorough operational understanding of Toray and the connected composites supply chain. With Steve back at the helm of our capable commercial teams, Toray is set to maximize our go-to-market strategy and optimize sustainable growth in our global commercial operations. We’re thrilled to have him back onboard.”

“I’m delighted to return to Toray. Toray has a technical depth and breadth like no other, and to work with the global team to bring the next generation of material technologies to our customers is really exciting,” said Steve Mead, Global CCO of Toray Advanced Composites, “We have an amazing team, and we work for a company that truly cares about its employees. I look forward to helping Toray achieve its growth objectives and to building a thoughtful, collaborative culture.”

This announcement follows the recent appointment of David Bernard as European Managing Director and the spring announcement of new executive leadership with Steve Cease as Toray’s Managing Director USA and Global CTO.

About Toray Advanced Composites

Toray Advanced Composites is a leader in the development and production of advanced thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials. The broad product portfolio is incorporated in high performance products for aerospace, space, communications, automotive, consumer, and industrial applications. Toray Advanced Composites has a long heritage of combining state-of-the-art materials technology with world-class technical expertise to deliver a unique customer-centric business model. Production and operation facilities are in North America, Europe, and Asia. Toray Advanced Composites is a subsidiary of the Toray Group.