Mark Dolloway succeeds Nigel Morgan as MD of Schaeffler (UK) Ltd

Nigel Morgan, managing director of Schaeffler’s Automotive Aftermarket division in the UK, has decided to step aside after more than 40 years continual service with the company. His retirement leaves some ‘rather large boots’ to fill at Schaeffler, so stepping up to the newly-created position of ‘country manager UK & Ireland’ will be Mark Dolloway, who joined Schaeffler from SKF in 2012. Dolloway will, in turn, be replaced as sales director by Matt Selby, who has been with the company since 2007.

Morgan’s aftermarket career began as a sales manager at Alan A Morgan, his family’s company based in the Midlands, which became the sole importer of LuK clutches back in the 1980s. LuK liked what Alan A Morgan did so much it bought the company, which then went through several stages of evolution from LuK Aftermarket Service to the present day Schaeffler (UK) Ltd.

During Morgan’s tenure, the company’s UK annual turnover has risen from £3 million to around £150 million and it has introduced two further brands, INA and FAG. Together with LuK, they now boast a prominent position in the UK aftermarket as the preferred brands of many distributors and, importantly, independent technicians.

“I have enjoyed over 40 wonderful years with Schaeffler, with any expectations I had at the start of this journey completely and utterly fulfilled beyond my wildest imagination,” comments Morgan. “However, all of my achievements are also that of the amazing UK team, many of whom have been alongside me at Schaeffler for a very long time. Their hard work, dedication and passion means that I can leave Schaeffler (UK) Ltd knowing that it is in some very capable hands, but this is not a ‘goodbye’, merely an ‘auf wiedersehen’, as there is certainly a lot more for me to do!”