Executive Management Team
PHINIA's Executive Management Team includes a variety of expertise across multiple channels.
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Mr. Ericson previously served as President and General Manager of the BorgWarner Fuel Systems and Aftermarket Business that principally became PHINIA, following the spin-off. He was an officer of BorgWarner from 2011 to 2023, serving as President and General Manager of three business units and as BorgWarner’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to these positions, he served in operations, manufacturing strategy, engineering, and sales with assignments in North America, Europe and Asia.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Ericson held various sales and engineering positions with Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal), Remy International and Ford Motor Company.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.

During her 22 years at BorgWarner, Ms. Gropp has served as Vice President of Finance for three of BorgWarner’s businesses, and previously held positions as Plant Controller and Commercial Controller to Finance Director. Prior to joining BorgWarner, she was an auditor for KPMG and Director, Finance/Controller for Pressac Inc.

Ms. Gropp holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a certified public accountant licensed in Alabama and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants.

As PHINIA’s VP and CSO, Pedro Abreu leads the definition and implementation of the company’s strategy, driving growth and leading the execution of key business initiatives to guide PHINIA towards sustained success.

Pedro previously served as VP and General Manager for Asia Pacific in PHINIA, and prior to the spin-off, in BorgWarner. Pedro joined BorgWarner in 2010 as Plant Controller for Portugal, eventually serving as Plant Manager in Viana, Portugal, Vigo, Spain and Tulle, France. Throughout his career, he has held various finance and operations positions of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Abreu graduated in economics from Universidade Fernando Pessoa and holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from Porto Business School.

He is fascinated with how things work and enjoys working with others to solve problems. Anderson views innovation as commercialized creativity and looks forward to sharing PHINIA’s future innovations with the market.

He has commercial vehicle and automotive Tier One experience in operations, engineering and management. Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University, an Executive Education Certification from Harvard School of Business and has completed Executive MBA courses from Queen’s College.

In his CIO role, Mr. Logar looks forward to the unique opportunity to reimagine and implement robust IT capabilities for the future.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Computer Information Systems from Indiana University, and an MBA with concentrations in Accounting, Finance and Strategic Management from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business.