Intermet Corporation's Advisory Board is comprised of industry experts who bring considerable expertise from a range of auto industry and aerospace experience. They will help guide Intermet's evolution in the years ahead. Their experience provides Intermet with yet another competitive advantage. Advisory Board members include:

Toshikata "Toshi" Amino
Former Executive Vice President, Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.

Toshikata Amino began his automotive career in 1966 with Honda Motor Company Ltd., where he held a number of sales positions. In 1976, Amino was named Vice President of Motorcycle Marketing, American Honda, Inc. and in 1980 became Vice President of Auto Plant Construction for Honda of America, Manufacturing, Inc. Amino left Honda in 1982 and served for five years as President of Bellemar Parts Industries, Inc. He then rejoined Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. in 1987 as Executive Vice President, a position he held until his retirement in 1995.

After his retirement, Amino pursued a profession in academia. Amino currently is an Executive-in-Residence at Ohio Wesleyan University and Ohio State University, where he is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Fisher College of Business.

Mr. Amino also currently serves as a visiting professor and Special Assistant to the President of Kansai University of International Studies in Japan, where he is a retired Professor of International Business and Management.

Amino graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kobe University in 1960.

Robert F. Cosmai
Former President and CEO, Hyundai Motor America

Robert F. Cosmai was President and CEO of Hyundai Motor America from 2003 until 2006, and was responsible for the strategic direction and management of the company's U.S. operations. He was previously Vice President of National Sales and joined the company in 1998 in that position. During his tenure, sales rose from 90,000 units to 455,022. A 34-year automotive industry veteran, Cosmai also held senior management positions with four major automotive manufacturers: Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Corporation USA, Mazda Motor Company of America, and the Acura Division of American Honda Motor Company, before joining Hyundai.

Cosmai earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Marshall University. He resides with his wife of 31 years in Orange County, California.

John Peter Holding
Former Executive Vice President, Integrated Product Definition and Planning Engineering, Bombardier Aerospace

John Holding started his career at British Aerospace in 1962 and was involved in the Jaguar and Tornado military aircraft programs. In 1979, he joined Canadair (acquired by Bombardier Aerospace in 1986) where he led new aircraft development, and served in a number of senior positions including: Vice President, and then Executive Vice President in charge of the Engineering, Product Development and Quality Assurance functions. In 2003 he became Executive Vice President of Integrated Product Definition and Planning for the New Commercial Aircraft Program, a position he held until 2005 when he retired from Bombardier Aerospace.

During his career at Bombardier Aerospace he was responsible for controlling an annual budget in excess of $300 million and managing the overall financial performance of aircraft programs up to $1billion. Holding was also instrumental in creating innovative supplier partnerships and processes for the design, development and engineering of new aerospace products. He was involved in the formation and development of the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec, and is on the Board of Directors of many Aerospace and technical related organizations and companies in Canada.

Holding is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and has received numerous public achievement awards, including: an honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal, the SAE Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award (2002) and the World's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Regional Airline Association (2004). Holding earned his MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1967 from the University of Manchester, England.

R. David Nelson
Chief Strategy Officer - HTC Global Services, Inc.

R. David Nelson is Chief Supply Chain/Strategy Officer for HTC Global Services, Inc. He is a veteran of the automotive industry and the former Vice President of Global Supply Management for Delphi Corporation. He also was a member of the Delphi Strategy Board, the company's executive policy-making body.

Nelson previously served as Vice President of Worldwide Supply Management at Deere & Company from 1997 to 2001, where Deere was awarded the Purchasing Magazine Medal of Professional Excellence in 2001 for its world-class supply chain best practices. Earlier, Nelson served for 10 years as a corporate officer of Honda of America Manufacturing in Marysville, Ohio as Vice President of Purchasing, and Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Corporate Affairs. He was promoted to the Board of Directors of Honda of America Manufacturing in 1997.

From 1957 to 1987, Nelson worked for TRW, Inc., in various manufacturing, quality control, metallurgy, materials, sales and marketing positions, in addition to purchasing.

Nelson is chair emeritus of the Institute of Supply Management and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Center for Advanced Procurement & Supply Research. He chairs the Original Equipment Suppliers Association Chief Purchasing Officer's Council and was inducted as a life member of the Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Academy and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shingo Prize. Nelson earned the J. Shipman Gold Medal Award presented by the Institute of Supply Management in 2006 and has co-authored two books on best practices for managing supply chains.