Worthington Industries CEO and leadership

Andy Rose joined Worthington Industries in 2008 as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) when the Company and the country were deep in the Great Recession. Rose helped preserve liquidity and financial stability and guide the Company through that challenge. In 2014, he was promoted to executive vice president and CFO and has been instrumental in advancing the Company’s financial and capital allocation strategies. He was named president of Worthington Industries in August 2018 and became CEO of the Company on Sept. 1, 2020.



Before joining Worthington, Rose worked at MCG Capital Corporation where he was a senior investment professional in the Atlanta office for the $1.5 billion public investment company. He focused on making control-equity investments and providing debt financing for companies in the manufacturing, distribution and transportation and logistics industries.

Previously, Rose was partner, co-founder and member of the investment committee with Peachtree Equity Partners, a private equity fund backed by Goldman Sachs. He managed debt and equity recapitalizations for manufacturing, distribution and service firms, served on the board of directors of various companies, advised management on growth strategies and operations, and managed the firm’s institutional investor base. Prior to that, Rose served as vice president of private equity at Wachovia Capital Associates for five years and started his career at J.P. Morgan & Co. in global cash management.

Rose earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Rose serves as a member of the board of directors of White Castle®, chairman of the board of Rev1 Ventures and as a member of the Columbus Business Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and The Ohio Business Roundtable. Previously, he served on the board of trustees of the Community Shelter Board, The First Tee of Central Ohio and the FM Global Advisory Board.

Geoff Gilmore has successfully changed company trajectories and influenced team dynamics through his transformational leadership. Advocating for continuous improvement in manufacturing operations and back office processes, he led Worthington Industries’ steel processing division to three record years in both earnings and safety. He brings those strategies to his new role as president of Worthington’s cylinders business. Geoff believes success comes from a culture of energetic, forward-thinking high performers. He’s passionate about celebrating people and their successes, elevating his team, and developing the next wave of company leaders through succession planning. He encourages everyone on the team-from the new recruit to the most tenured-to challenge status quo, knock down walls, reduce inefficiencies and increase value for the company’s customers and shareholders.He resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Erika, and three children. He enjoys fitness, golfing, reading and most importantly, spending time with family.

Joseph B. Hayek joined Worthington Industries in April 2014 as vice president of mergers & acquisitions and corporate development. Hayek spent 10 years in investment banking, advising middle market companies on a range of transactions, primarily focused on M&A. He worked at Wells Fargo Securities for two years and at Raymond James & Associates for eight years, where he headed the firm’s IT Supply Chain and technologies practice. He completed over 75 transactions in his tenure with those two firms.