Leadership & Board of Directors

President & Chief Executive Officer

Joseph B. Hayek

Joseph Hayek is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Worthington Enterprises.

Hayek became president and CEO on November 1, 2024. Throughout the prior 11 months, Hayek served as executive vice president and chief financial and operations officer of the evolved Company after the December 2023 separation of the Steel Processing business from Worthington Industries.

As vice president and chief financial officer of Worthington Industries from 2018 through 2023, Hayek helped lead the Company through the COVID pandemic to record earnings and oversaw the development and implementation of the Worthington 2024 strategic initiative to separate the organization into two standalone, publicly traded companies: Worthington Enterprises and Worthington Steel. He was instrumental in positioning both companies to capitalize on differentiated growth and value creation strategies.

His previous roles at Worthington include general manager of the oil and gas equipment business (2017-2018) and vice president of mergers & acquisitions and corporate development (2014-2017).
 
Prior to joining Worthington, Hayek was the president of PCM/Sarcom, an IT solutions provider and the largest subsidiary of PCM, Inc. He also served as PCM’s executive vice president of corporate development and investor relations from 2008 to 2012. Prior to PCM, Hayek spent 10 years in investment banking with Raymond James and Wachovia.

Hayek currently serves on the boards of advisors of ODW Logistics Inc. and The Fishel Company, and is a member of the board of Catholic Social Services. He previously served on the board of trustees of the Community Shelter Board. Hayek earned his bachelor’s degree from Miami University and an MBA from Duke University where he was named a Rollins Scholar.