Thomas B. Okray

Thomas B. Okray (Tom) is executive vice president and chief financial officer at Eaton, a global intelligent power management company.

Eaton is the third public company where Tom has served as CFO. Tom was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Grainger in April 2018. Tom joined Grainger from Advance Auto Parts, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to that role, he held positions at Amazon, culminating in the role of vice president of Finance, Global Customer Fulfillment.

For more than 20 years, Tom grew his career with General Motors, where he held positions of increasing responsibility within the United States and internationally, serving 15 years abroad. At General Motors, he achieved the role of chief financial officer, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain. This position had financial leadership of research and development, engineering operations, procurement, supply chain, capital, future portfolio strategy, future vehicle and powertrain projects, and third party alliances. Early in his career, Tom was a design and development engineer for Exxon.

Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, with concentrations in finance, statistics, production and operations, and business policy.

Tom serves on the board of directors of Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS), The Cleveland Orchestra and The City Mission.