Early retirement for Apollo Tyres’ Satish Sharma
Satish Sharma has decided to take early retirement and thus resigned as a whole-time director of Apollo Tyres Ltd. from the close of business hours yesterday. Sharma’s resignation as president of the company’s APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa) region will take effect at the end of the month.
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Hankook Tire announces new Public Affairs, Marketing Communications roles
After 16 years, Felix Kinzer is stepping down as Hankook Tire’s Director Corporate Communications Europe and will take on a new role as Senior Director for Public Affairs. Filip Pawelka will succeed Kinzer, directing the newly created Marketing Communications department at Hankook Tire Europe.
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New roles at Goodyear for Crawley, van Leersum
Goodyear has appointed Ben Crawley to the position of Sales General Manager Replacement Consumer Europe North and Rob van Leersum as Sales General Manager Replacement Truck Europe North.
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Goodyear India CFO Mundra resigns
Goodyear India Limited reports the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Manish Mundra. In a letter dated 1 May 2024, Mundra informed Goodyear India’s Board of Directors of his intention to part ways with the company, effective from the close of business hours on 30 June 2024. Munish explains that he wishes to explore “professional growth opportunities outside the organisation.”
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International Tyres welcomes new additions to team
International Tyres and Trading recently announced two key appointments. Kevin Stannard takes responsibility for the wholesaler’s Southern UK region, and Lee Umney becomes the company’s new Marketing Manager.
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GRI appoints Ydo Doornbos as director of North America
GRI has appointed Ydo Doornbos as director of North America. The former Trelleborg Wheel Systems executive has 29 years’ tyre industry experience in various management roles. The Sri Lankan agricultural and speciality industrial tyre maker says Doornbos brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to GRIs North American business operations.
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MEA focus – Vipal Rubber reinforces commercial team in Europe
As part of efforts to expand its commercial presence in Africa and the Middle East, Vipal Rubber has announced a new addition to its European team. Alfonso Ibañez comes on board, bringing with him marketing experience within the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as well as language skills – in addition to his native Spanish, Ibañez is fluent in English and French. He will cater to MEA-based customers, areas that Vipal considers strategic for the expansion and consolidation of the company’s business.
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A2 Tyre Supplies appoints new BDM
A2 Tyre Supplies has engaged the services of Peter Poyntz-Roberts as the company’s new business development manager (BDM). Company representatives told Tyres & Accessories that the appointment of Poyntz-Roberts forms part of A2 Tyre Supplies’ ongoing expansion plans.
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NTDA elects new board members and executive officers
At the 95th AGM held on Thursday 25th April, the NTDA appointed two new directors to the board of the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA). The first new company board appointment, ratified unanimously by the executive council, was that of Roger Griggs communications director at European Tyre Enterprise Ltd.
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Nokian Tyres donates €200,000 to Aalto University School of Business for 2 new scholarships
Nokian Tyres has donated 200,000 euro to Aalto University School of Business in Finland. The donation will fund Nokian Tyres and Jukka Moisio scholarships for masters students going on exchange programs abroad. The funds will be donated in two equal instalments in 2024 and 2025. The donation marks president and CEO Jukka Moisio’s impending retirement from the board of directors of the Finnish tyre maker.
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Bush Tyres opens new Wakefield depot
BA Bush & Son has opened a new commercial depot in Wakefield. BA Bush says it will invest significantly in new mobile tyre fitting technologies and vans based at the new site to deal with the growing number of agricultural and commercial fleet customers who live in and around Wakefield. The depot is backed by the company’s tyre distribution arm, BAB Distribution, and will link up strategically with the company’s existing network of branches. With nearby branches in Rotherham, Knaresborough and Goole, this group can serve the thousands of businesses and farmers who live and work in that catchment area.
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Masahiro Yuki adds IR Dept responsibility to Yokohama Rubber role
Member of the Yokohama Rubber board Masahiro Yuki has become responsible for the company’s IR Department as of 1 May 2024.
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First Stop appoints Celine May as BDM as network targets Ireland growth
First Stop has appointed business development manager Celine May to drive the network’s growth across Ireland. A familiar face to many of First Stop Ireland’s partners, May has worked in a number of positions for the brand’s former equity stores for seven years in key account manager and procurement roles. She joins Sarah Gardner, Shaun Sweeney and Nick Salt as First Stop’s UK and Ireland BDMs. They report to national franchise manager Brenden Marais. The new-look team is completed by retail managing director Anton Wessels, who was also appointed in mid-2023.
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Kandhari joins BTMA board
Vaculug chairman Haarjeev Singh Kandhari has been appointed to the board of the BTMA, with Vaculug representatives noting that Kandhari is the is the first Sikh to join the BTMA board.
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Cimcorp appoints new VP
Cimcorp has added Anne Happonen to its executive leadership team, as part of her appointment vice president of operations. Happonen’s experience includes responsibilities with Cargotec, Sandvik, and Patria where she has had “a strong hold on global megaprojects and leading diverse teams”.
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