Michael C. Arnold is executive vice president and president of the Bearings and Power Transmission Group at The Timken Company. He is an officer of the company.

As president of the Bearings and Power Transmission Group, Arnold provides leadership for the largest business group within the company. The Group consists of three market-focused businesses: Mobile Industries, Process Industries, and Aerospace and Defense. Arnold is responsible for the Group’s operational and financial performance, as well as accelerating business growth in targeted markets. Arnold was named to his current position in 2007.  As executive vice president, Arnold also leads the areas of technology, quality and the geographic entities outside North America.

He previously served as president of the company’s former Industrial Group, a position he held since 1999. Under his leadership, the Group significantly increased revenues and completed several acquisitions that expanded Timken’s capabilities for friction management and power transmission solutions in major industrial segments. Arnold also has been responsible for driving Timken’s growth in Asia and other emerging markets. He is a member of the company’s executive council.
 
Arnold has served as vice president and director of bearing business process advancement, director of manufacturing and technology in Europe, Africa and West Asia and general manager of the company’s Asheboro plant in Randleman, N.C. He joined Timken in 1979 as a sales engineer in Cleveland, Ohio.

Arnold serves on the board of directors of Gardner Denver Inc. (NYSE:GDI) and Cincinnati Incorporated.  He is a member of The University of Akron’s Engineering Advisory Council and the College of Business Advancement Council and formerly served as chairman of CoLinx LLC and Endorsia.com International AB.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in sales and marketing, both from The University of Akron.  He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.