Bridgestone UK Appoints New Marketing Director

Bridgestone UK has appointed Junichi Kumano as marketing director at Bridgestone UK. Mr Kumano has worked for Bridgestone since 1988 in countries including Singapore, India, Vietnam, and his home nation of Japan in various sales and marketing roles. His most recent position was manager of export sales at Bridgestone Japan. His new post is his first outside of Asia.

“I am honoured to have joined Bridgestone UK as it has always been an ambition of mine to work in Europe,” said Mr Kumano. “I am looking forward to working with each member of the marketing department to ensure we achieve the company’s objective of ‘steady, profitable growth’ while continuing to meet our customers’ needs.” Mr Kumano replaces Chikuma Otsuki, who is now director of sales and marketing for commercial products at Bridgestone Europe.