Board of Directors

Gil West is the Chief Executive Officer of Hertz and a member of the Board of Directors. He is focused on building on the company’s extraordinary family of brands, deepening its commitment to service and operational excellence, and executing strategic initiatives that further position Hertz as a global mobility leader.

Before joining Hertz in April 2024, West served as Chief Operating Officer of Cruise LLC, General Motors’ majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary. Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer at Delta Air Lines from 2014 to 2020, overseeing worldwide operations and more than 70,000 employees along with the company’s subsidiary businesses. Under his direction, Delta achieved industry-leading customer service performance and achieved record earnings for the industry. West held various leadership positions at Delta from 2008 to 2014, following his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc., a provider of transportation services, from 2006 to 2007. 

West serves on the board of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from National University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Colin Farmer is Chair of the Board; Senior Managing Director and the Head of the Management Committee of Certares. Previously, he was Managing Director of One Equity Partners. Prior to that, he was a Principal at Harvest Partners, a middle market private equity firm, and an Analyst at Robertson Stephens & Company, a middle market investment bank. Colin serves on the Boards of Internova Travel Group, AmaWaterways, Guardian Alarm, Mystic Invest and Certares Holdings, and is a member of Certares’ Investment Committee.

Jennifer Feikin is a member of the Board of Directors on the mutual fund boards of Capital Group Private Client Services Funds, Capital Group U.S. Equity Fund, American Funds International Vantage Fund, American Funds Global Insight Fund, and Emerging Markets Growth Fund. Prior to being a mutual fund director, Jennifer led the Google Video content team and negotiated many of Google’s first and largest search and advertising deals. Before joining Google, she was a part of AOL Time Warner's strategic development group, worked in business affairs at Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight and Morgan Creek Productions and served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company where she began her career. Jennifer currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of California.

Mark Fields has served as a Director of Hertz since June 2021 and was interim CEO from October 2021 to February 2022. Fields also serves as Senior Advisor at TPG Capital LP. He was previously President and CEO of Ford Motor Company and held senior leadership roles at the company, including Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President & President of the Americas, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Premier Automotive Group and Ford Europe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Premier Automotive Group, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mazda Motor Corporation. He serves as a Director of Qualcomm, Lead Independent Director of Tanium, a Director of TPG Pace Solutions Corp., and a Director of TPG Pace Beneficial II Corp. He has previously served on the Boards of Ford, IBM and Mazda.

Vincent Intrieri is Chief Executive Officer and founder of VDA Capital Management LLC, a private investment fund founded in 2017, and has served as a director of Hertz Global Holdings since September 2014. Previously, he was with Carl C. Icahn-related entities from October 1998 to December 2016 in various investment-related capacities, including most recently as Senior Managing Director of Icahn Capital LP, Icahn Onshore LP, and Icahn Offshore LP.  Prior to joining Icahn Capital, Vincent was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP.  He is a director of Transocean Limited.  Previously, he served as a director of Energen Corporation, Conduent Incorporated, Chesapeake Energy, Forest Laboratories Inc, CVR Energy Inc, Federal-Mogul Corporation, Navistar International, and various other public companies.

Michael Gregory (Greg) O’Hara is the Founder and a Senior Managing Director of Certares Management LLC. Prior to forming Certares, he served as Chief Investment Officer of JPMorgan Chase’s Special Investments Group (“JPM SIG”). Prior to JPM SIG, Mr. O’Hara was a Managing Director of One Equity Partners (“OEP”), the private equity arm of JPMorgan. Before joining OEP in 2005, he served as Executive Vice President of Worldspan and was a member of its Board of Directors. Greg is the Chairman of American Express Global Business Travel and the Chairman of the World Travel & Tourism Council, and serves on the Boards of Directors of TripAdvisor, Certares Holdings, where he is the Head of the Investment Committee and is a member of the Management Committee of Certares Management LLC, CK Opportunities Fund, where he is a member of the Investment Committee and the Management Committee, and Certares Real Estate Holdings, where he is a member of the Investment Committee and the Management Committee.

Andrew Shannahan is Head of Research and Partner at Knighthead Capital Management, LLC, an event driven and deep value focused SEC registered investment advisor that specializes in investing in companies that need financial and operational restructuring. Andrew brings oversight to the Knighthead research team through his investment expertise gained during thirteen years at Knighthead, leading complex investment situations. Prior to joining Knighthead in 2008, he spent six years as a senior research analyst for Litespeed Partners, an event-driven hedge fund. Andrew serves on the Board of ATI Physical Therapy, Inc., and is a member of the Investment Committee of certain funds managed by Knighthead Capital Management, LLC.

Thomas (Tom) Wagner is Vice Chair of the board; Co-Founder and Managing Member of Knighthead Capital Management, LLC, an event driven and deep value focused SEC registered investment advisor that specializes in investing in companies that need financial and operational restructuring. His deep financial experience also includes serving as Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in Capital Structure Franchise Trading, as well as roles at Credit Suisse First Boston and Ernst & Young, LLP. Tom is currently Board Chairman of Knighthead Annuity & Life Assurance Company and on the Board of Trustees of Villanova University, the National Advisory Board for Youth Inc., and the National Leadership Council for the Navy SEAL Foundation. He is the Co-Portfolio Manager of all funds and accounts managed by Knighthead Capital Management, LLC.

Evangeline Vougessis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Moneikos Global Asset Management in Monaco and the co-founder of MaxInvest Holdings, a single-family office that invests in startups and early-stage companies. She previously served as Investor Relations and Strategy Director at Marfin Popular Bank Group as well as Marfin Investment Group, a multi-billion pan-European investment company headquartered in Greece, where she raised millions in capital. She was also recognized as the Best IR Manager in Greece for her position as Investor Relations Manager at Commercial Bank of Greece, a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Bank of France. She started her career as a research analyst in ABN AMRO Equities London, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO BANK Group.