Auto Parts Asia — February 2018

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T

enneco has appointed Maurits

Binnendijk as Vice President

and General Manager, Europe,

Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

Aftermarket. He succeeds Bruce

Ronning who has been appointed

Vice President and General Manager,

Tenneco North America Aftermarket.

Ronning assumes the North America

leadership role following the decision

by Joe Pomaranski, Senior Vice

President, Global Aftermarket, to

retire from Tenneco. Pomaranski

was managing the North America

Aftermarket on an interim basis.

Binnendijk joined Tenneco in 2004 as

District Manager for the Netherlands.

Since then he has held positions of

increasing responsibility in Europe

including Executive Sales Director,

Tenneco EMEA Aftermarket, a role he

assumed in 2013.

Tenneco is one of the world’s

largest designers, manufacturers

and marketers of clean air and ride

performance products and systems

for automotive and commercial vehicle

original equipment markets and the

aftermarket. Its principal brand names

are Monroe, Walker, XNOx and Clevite

Elastomer. With the headquarters in

Lake Forest, Illinois, Tenneco employs

about 31,000 people world-wide.

PEOPLE

David Overbeeke To Serve As MERA Chairman

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T

he Remanufacturing

Association (MERA),

representing a broad

network of members, has

made governance changes and

additions to its Board of Directors.

David Overbeeke, President and

CEO, Brake Parts Inc, was elected

the new MERA chairman. He has to

steer MERA initiatives and enhance

member value in 2018 and position

the association for future growth. As

a former Vice-chairman of MERA,

Overbeeke assumes responsibilities

from Peter Butterfield, Chairman

and CEO, Omega Environmental

Technologies. Butterfield served

as MERA chairman for two years,

from 2016, and will remain on the

MERA Board and as a Member of its

Executive Committee.

“I am joined by the entire MERA

community in thanking Peter

Butterfield for his commitment and

service to the remanufacturing

industry as MERA Chairman for the

past two years,” John Chalifoux,

President and COO, MERA, said.

“Under Peter’s leadership, the

association successfully launched

the Manufactured Again Certification

programme, issued an industry-first

publication on the accounting of

cores, protected remanufacturing

from harmful legislative and

regulatory efforts, and expanded

its services to all remanufacturing

sectors. We value Peter’s service and

look forward to working with David

Overbeeke to build on our recent

successes,” Chalifoux said.

MERA also elected two long-

serving board members to its

Executive Committee: Sanjiv

Khurana, President, Detroit Diesel

Remanufacturing LLC; and Andreea

Raaber, Vice-president, Business

Development, Bendix Commercial

Vehicle Systems LLC.

The association has three new

directors: Justin Greenberg, CEO,

DieselCore LLC; David Olsen,

CEO, Transaxle LLC; and, Russ

Schinzing, President, Electronics

Remanufacturing Company LLC.

V

olkswagen has announced

the appointment of Patrick

McGillycuddy as Head of

Sales Operations. He will

start in the role from February 1, 2018.

Patrick brings to the position a strong

industry background, including periods

with Chevrolet, Vauxhall and dealer

group Peter Vardy. In 2013, he joined

ŠKODA as Head of Fleet, transforming

the brand’s performance in that area

before moving into a Group role as

Head of Group Fleet Services.

Most recently, he has worked in a

strategic role for Volkswagen Group

UK. Patrick said, “I’m really excited

to be joining Volkswagen at such

a vibrant time. The brand has just

moved into second place in the UK

new car sales chart, driven by the

most intense product offensive in its

history. And our Retailer network has

also played a huge part, delivering a

future-oriented customer experience

and ever-improving service. I am

looking forward to working with our

network, especially as we prepare

for the launch of the pure electric

I.D. range in 2020.” Alison Jones,

Director of Volkswagen Passenger

Cars, said, “I am very pleased to

welcome Patrick to the Volkswagen

team in this highly important role.

He will bring with him an impressive

amount of industry experience both

to the sales operations and as a

member of the senior management

team. This year is set to be another

exciting one for Volkswagen in the UK

with more really desirable new cars

joining our line-up.”

New Head Of Sales At Volkswagen UK

Binnendijk Is VP Tenneco EMEA Aftermarket