Sensata Technologies Holding plc announced that Jeff Cote, Chief Executive Officer of the company, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire as CEO, effective April 30, 2024. The Board of Directors has appointed Martha Sullivan as Interim CEO and has established a CEO search committee to identify a new permanent CEO. The CEO search committee is initially comprised of current company?s Board directors, Andrew Teich, Martha Sullivan, and John Mirshekari.

The committee will undertake the search with the assistance of a leading executive search firm. Martha Sullivan has served as a director on it?s Board since February 2013. Ms. Sullivan previously served as it?s Chief Executive Officer and President from 2013 to 2020.

Prior to being named CEO, Sullivan held various senior management positions at the company and its predecessor company, including Chief Operating Officer and President. Sullivan currently serves on the Board of Directors at Avery Dennison Corporation. She is active in initiatives and organizations that focus on STEM education for young women and is currently co-chair of the Board of Trustees of Sisters?

School (OSS), an independent, tuition-free school for economically disadvantaged middle school girls in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Sullivan has served as a member of the President?s Advancement Council and President?s Alumni Council at Michigan Technological University. She was inducted into the Academy of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from that institution.