Dan Hopgood

Dan Hopgood is senior vice president and controller, Eaton. As chief accounting officer for the company, he is responsible for leading the global financial accounting team and the Global Financial Services and Systems organization. 

Prior to being promoted to controller, Dan was senior vice president, Global Financial Services & Systems, with responsibility for the development and deployment of the company's financial service strategy, including operating its global centers and identifying and integrating additional activities. Dan formerly served as senior vice president, Industrial Sector, Finance & Planning. In this capacity, he was responsible for leading the function for Eaton's Industrial Sector, which comprised the Aerospace, Hydraulics and Vehicle segments. Dan joined Eaton in April 2012 as vice president, Vehicle Segment Finance & Planning. 

Earlier in his career, Dan served as vice president, Aftermarket Americas, with Meritor Inc., where he had also served as the company's controller and chief accounting officer and as vice president of finance, Commercial Vehicle Systems. Prior to Meritor, Dan held senior management positions at MSX International, Delphi Automotive Systems, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Dan has extensive experience in financial analysis and reporting, operations management, business planning, technical accounting and process standardization. 

Dan is a certified public accountant (CPA) and has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He is a volunteer member of the Ohio Area Board of the American Cancer Society.