Lucian Boldea
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lucian Boldea serves as president and chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of The Timken Company. He joined the company in 2025.
Boldea has over 25 years of global leadership experience spanning industrial technology, advanced manufacturing and digital automation. He leads with a strong commitment to customers, championing innovation, driving operational excellence and building high-performing, inclusive teams. Boldea is focused on taking the company to new levels of financial performance by advancing Timken’s strategy.
Boldea joined Timken from Honeywell, where he served as president and CEO of Honeywell Industrial Automation — a global business segment with over $10 billion in sales. Prior to that role, he led Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. At Honeywell and previously at Eastman Chemical Company, as executive vice president, he delivered transformative results by scaling businesses, accelerating innovation and instilling operational and financial discipline across global teams.
Boldea serves on the Board of Directors of the American Chemistry Council. He holds a doctorate degree in organic chemistry from the University of Florida, a master’s degree in business administration in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of West Florida.