Guy C. Hachey Appointed Lead Independent Director for Hexcel

Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) announced today that the Company's independent directors appointed Guy C. Hachey to serve as lead independent director, effective immediately, following the 2026 Annual Meeting. Mr. Hachey has been a member of Hexcel's Board and its compensation committee since October 2014, and a member of its nominating, governance and sustainability committee since May 2024. He has also served as the chair of the Board's compensation committee since February 2020.

As the lead independent director, Mr. Hachey brings his existing institutional knowledge, leadership continuity, and significant knowledge and experience in executive leadership, overseeing operational and management issues relevant to the global manufacturing environment, as well as in-depth experience in overseeing executive compensation and corporate governance as a public company director.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, and fluent in French, Mr. Hachey is an accomplished global executive leader with more than three decades of experience in global manufacturing, operations, and strategy, including as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Aerospace, Inc. from May 2008 until his retirement in September 2014. Prior to joining Bombardier in Canada, Mr. Hachey started his career in Canada, worked in the United States for 15 years, and then lived and worked in Europe for three years overseeing Delphi Corporation Europe, Middle East and Africa. Mr. Hachey has held other public company directorships, including with Meggitt, plc from 2019 through 2022 and Melrose Industries PLC since September 2025, where he currently serves on the company's renumeration committee and nomination committee.

About Hexcel

Hexcel Corporation is a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology. We provide innovative, high-performance material solutions that are lighter, stronger and tougher, shaping a world that moves farther, smarter and more efficiently. Our broad and unrivaled product range includes carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core, and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications.