JP Richard

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive

JP Richard is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive of H-E Parts International. With the financial support of Frontenac (www.Frontenac.com), the Chicago-based private equity firm, and Mr. Richard's extensive experience with heavy equipment/parts manufacturing and distribution, H-E Parts International was created in February 2006 with the mission of becoming the premier supplier of aftermarket parts and reconditioned parts and equipment to the off-highway equipment sector.

Prior to founding H-E Parts International, Mr. Richard founded Pro Mach, Inc. in 1998, another venture with Frontenac, which was a major strategic build-up of packaging machinery companies in North America. Under Mr. Richard's leadership, Pro Mach completed twelve acquisitions of owner-operated packaging machinery companies. Pro Mach was sold to Odyssey Partners of New York in December 2004.

Prior to partnering with Frontenac, Mr. Richard spent most of his "corporate life" managing, acquiring and consolidating industrial businesses, first with Combustion Engineering and then with Asea Brown Boveri. Mr. Richard also served as President and CEO of both Massey Ferguson and AGCO (NYSE = AG), the $5 billion farm equipment company headquartered in Atlanta.

Mr. Richard is a native of France where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He came to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship to attend Stanford University where he obtained his MS and PhD in Operations Research.