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R. Bruce McDonald

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

R Bruce McDonald

Bruce McDonald joined Johnson Controls in November 2001 as vice president, corporate controller and was promoted to assistant chief financial officer in 2004. He was appointed vice president and chief financial officer in 2005 and named executive vice president in 2006.

McDonald started his career with Ernst & Young. In 1987, he joined Varity Corporation, where he held a variety of operational finance positions in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1998. In 1998, McDonald was appointed vice president, finance, legal and IT of Lucas Varity Automotive in Livonia, Michigan, which was subsequently acquired by TRW, Inc. He held a variety of financial positions of increasing responsibility at TRW where he became vice president, finance of TRW Automotive.

McDonald received a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant.

McDonald serves as chairman of the board of directors for Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, a member of the board of trustees and treasurer for the Milwaukee Art Museum, and a member of the board for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee.

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