John Arthur Hayes is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies and presently is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Ball Corp. and Chairman & Manager at Ball Metal Food Container LLC (a subsidiary of Ball Corp.).

He is also on the board of Rexam Ltd., Kohler Co., Colgate University and The Business Roundtable.

In the past Mr. Hayes held the position of Chairman for Can Manufacturers Institute, Inc., President for Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings GmbH & Co. KG, Vice President-Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions at Lehman Brothers, Inc., Senior Research Associate of Greenwich Associates LLC and Chairman for Beverage Can Makers Europe.

Mr. Hayes received an undergraduate degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.