Delphi Names New V.P. for Global Supply Management

Nelson to Retire After 48-year Distinguished Career in Industry

TROY, Mich., Feb. 17 -- The Board of Directors of Delphi Corp. (Pink Sheets: DPHIQ) announced today that Sidney Johnson has been named vice president for global supply management, effective immediately. Johnson, currently director of global supply management for the company's Delphi Packard Electric operations, succeeds R. David Nelson, who plans to retire soon following a distinguished 48-year career in automotive and other industries. Additionally, Johnson will be a member of the Delphi Strategy Board, the company's top policy-making group.

Johnson, 44, joined General Motors in 1994 as a senior supplier quality engineer at its Saturn division in Spring Hill, Tenn. He moved to Delphi's Harrison Thermal Operations in Dayton, Ohio in 1995 and held a variety of operating assignments in manufacturing, purchasing, quality and materials management for the next several years. In 1998, he was named senior manager for supplier quality and development for Delphi Interior Systems. In 2000, he was promoted to manager of purchasing at Delphi Packard Electric Systems.

He was named director of purchasing for Packard in 2002 and promoted to his most recent position in 2003.

Johnson will report to Delphi President and Chief Operating Officer Rodney O'Neal. Nelson will remain at Delphi for several months to ensure an orderly transition of responsibilities.

Nelson, 68, worked for TRW Inc. from 1957 to 1987 in various manufacturing, quality control, materials, purchasing, sales, and marketing positions. In 1987, he joined Honda of America manufacturing and served for ten years as a corporate officer of at the company's operations in Marysville, Ohio, as vice president of purchasing and later as senior vice president of purchasing and corporate affairs. He was promoted to the Board of Directors of Honda of America Manufacturing in 1997.

Later that same year, Nelson was named vice president of worldwide supply management at Deere & Company in Moline, Ill. Nelson joined Delphi and was named to his current position effective February 2002.

Nelson has long been involved in advancing the purchasing and supply management profession and holds a Certified Purchasing Manager certification. He is chair emeritus of the Institute of Supply Management and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of CAPS Research, promoting academic research in strategic issues involving supply management. He remains actively involved in a variety of industry and professional associations and has co-authored books on Honda and supply chain management at a several companies.

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