John Craig

John Craig has served as Chairman of the board of directors, President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of EnerSys since November 2000. He joined the predecessor company, Yuasa, Inc., in 1994 when annual revenue was approximately $200 million. In 2000, he led the management buyout of the Americas industrial battery business from Yuasa Corporation of Japan. That business had grown to $400 million of annual revenue through organic growth and acquisitions. Since 1994, Mr. Craig has overseen the acquisition and integration of 27 companies in all regions of the world, which along with strong organic growth has made EnerSys the clear leader in the global industrial battery market with almost $2 billion in annual revenue. He led the IPO of EnerSys in July 2004. Previously, Mr. Craig served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Yuasa, Inc., the predecessor company to EnerSys from 1998 to October 2000. He had joined Yuasa, Inc., as Vice President of Operations and was promoted to Executive Vice President Operations in 1995. Mr. Craig began his professional career with Whirlpool Corporation in 1977.