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Silke Bernhardt as of April 1st has taken up the newly created position of Head of Communications & Public Affairs of the Tyres business area at Continental in Hanover.

Kumho Tyre UK has a new Managing Director in the form of Keon Park, 48, who has held a variety of senior roles within the Kumho group since joining in 1995.

Hankook Tyre UK has appointed Paul Emery as Sales Director effective from 1st February 2020.

At the beginning of the year, Hankook appointed Sanghoon Lee (53) as the head of its European headquarters with responsibility for the entire operative business within the European and CIS-Region.

Apollo Tyres’ continuous expansion in the Truck and Bus Radial sector in Europe has resulted in the need for an additional Area Sales Manager (South of UK) to promote and sell the company’s range of TBR products to commercial tyre dealers and fleet operators. 

In January 2020, Christian de Wit will join STARCO as Sales Director and Head of Global Sales. He will report to the CEO Richard Todd and join the Management Team.

Hera Kitwan Siu, chief executive officer, Greater China, for Cisco Systems, Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Midland Tyre Services (MTS) can now offer its customers high quality truck tyre management solutions in the market, after its frontline team benefited from a series of in-depth Michelin training courses tailored to its business.

CAM is expanding its management team with the appointment of Carl Murphy as its new head of technical delivery

Hankook Tyre UK has announced the appointment of Chang Yool Han as UK Managing Director.