Tom C. Gentile
Chairman, CEO and President
Tom Gentile is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Hexcel Corporation.
Gentile assumed the position of CEO and President in May 2024 and was appointed as Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors in December 2024.
Prior to joining Hexcel, Gentile was President and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, a global supplier of structures for commercial aerospace and defense platforms. Previously, Gentile spent 19 years at GE. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of GE Capital, a $650 billion financial services institution. Before this role, Gentile was President and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems, a $14 billion diagnostic imaging and medical device business. He also served as President and CEO of GE Aviation Services, a $7 billion global enterprise providing maintenance, repair, and overhaul as well as spare parts to GE Aviation’s global fleet of jet engines for commercial airlines. Gentile began his career at GE in 1998, holding a succession of leadership roles across GE Capital in the U.S., France, and Australia.
Earlier in his career, Gentile held leadership and strategy roles with McKinsey & Company, U.S. broadcaster CBS, and General Motors. In 2023, Gentile served as Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, a trade association of the top 350 aerospace and defense manufacturers in the U.S. He also serves on the Board of the Wings Club and the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. In addition, he was previously Chairperson of the Board of Directors for InSightec, a global leader in noninvasive image-guided therapy.
An active community member, Gentile currently is an advisory board member for Wichita State University’s Barton School of Business and is a Trustee of the ALS Finding a Cure organization. He formerly served on the Boards of the Greater Wichita Partnership, Kansas Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and on the Foundation for the YMCA of Greater Wichita.
Gentile earned his bachelor’s degree in economics magna cum laude and an MBA from Harvard University, and he studied international relations at the London School of Economics.
