Paul Humphries

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Paul Humphries

Board Member and Advisor, Former Corporate President and Innovation Officer

Paul Humphries retired in March 2021 as Group President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flex, a $26bn manufacturing and supply chain solutions company. In his capacity, Paul had global P&L responsibility for the company’s $11bn Reliability Solutions Group, comprised of the Automotive, Health Solutions and Industrial business units. Additionally, he led the Corporate Innovation group responsible for developing and deploying next generation technologies across the entire business.

In his previous capacity, Paul served as executive vice president of Human Resources at Flex and led the global HR organization, programs, and related functions, including loss prevention, environmental compliance, and management systems. Prior to leading HR, he led the company’s global mechanicals organization as SVP Global Operations.

Paul joined Flex through the acquisition of Chatham Technologies Inc. in April 2000. While at Chatham Technologies, he served as senior vice president of Global Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Humphries held senior leadership positions at AlliedSignal, Honeywell and Borg-Warner Corporation in Europe and North America.

Paul has served on the board of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation since 2006 and Superior Industries International, Inc. since 2016. Since retiring has accepted additional advisory and board roles with Trackonomy Inc, Our Next Energy, Westfall Technik and Aniline. He also acts as an adviser to several technology startups where he also participates as an investor.