Pat Roche vs Thomas Williams

Pat Roche

CEO of Moog

BIO: Pat began his career as the Engineering Manager at Moog Ireland in 2000, subsequently becoming the General Manager for that facility. Over the years, Pat has held various positions in Moog's Industrial Group, including management of core product development, supply chain, process development and IT systems. Pat became an Officer in 2012 and took on a corporate role accountable for Global IT, indirect procurement, and various shared services. In 2015, Pat was appointed President of Moog Industrial Group before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer in December 2021. In February 2023, Pat became Chief Executive Officer of Moog Inc. Prior to Moog, Pat worked for consumer electronics company Philips in the Netherlands; consultancy company ERA Technologies in the UK; and technology commercialization at University College Cork in Ireland and ran a start-up company in Ireland.

Thomas Williams

CEO of Parker Hannifin

BIO: Previous to his most recent position, he was Executive Vice President and Operating Officer with responsibility for Parker’s Aerospace, Engineered Materials, Filtration, Instrumentation and Asia Pacific groups, along with the Strategic Pricing department. Mr. Williams has demonstrated successful leadership in two of Parker’s operating groups, as Vice President of Operations for the Hydraulics Group and then President of the Instrumentation Group. Mr. Williams joined Parker in 2003. Prior to that, he held a number of key management positions at General Electric. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization making wishes come true for terminally ill children and a member of the Board of Directors for Chart Industries, a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases. He is also on the Board of Trustees for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), a leading business research and executive education organization and advocate for manufacturing interests. Mr. Williams earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from Bucknell University and his MBA from Xavier University.