VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Michigan, March 9, 2016 — Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) has named Brett Pynnonen vice president and general counsel, with responsibility for the company's global legal and compliance activities, effective March 14. He replaces Peter Ziparo, Visteon’s general counsel since April 2014, who is leaving the company after more than 13 years of service.
Pynnonen joins Visteon from Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, a global automotive supplier, based in Southfield, Michigan, where he was senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to joining Federal-Mogul in 2007, Pynnonen was general counsel and secretary of Covansys Corporation. Before that, he was an attorney at the law firm of Butzel Long, based in Detroit, Michigan.
Pynnonen earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University, and a juris doctor from The Ohio State University.