Tyre Asia – May-June 2018

16 Tyre Asia April/May 2018

A

hmet Kilic has

been appointed as

Managing Director of

Uzer Makina. Kilic has

27 years of experience

in the field of tyre

industry and 13 years

with Uzer Makina. He

joined Uzer Makina in

2004 and has worked

as Technical Director, Marketing and Sales Director

and as Deputy Managing Director.

A

nant Goenka, Managing Director CEAT Ltd,

and Rajeev Anand, Chairman & Managing

Director Goodyear India Ltd, have been elected

as Chairman and Vice Chairman of Automotive

Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA), the

national industry body for automotive tyre

sector in India.

As one of the youngest Chief Executives in the

automotive space, Goenka has been at the helm of

CEAT Ltd as Managing Director during the last five

years. Prior to joining the RPG Group, he has worked

with Hindustan Unilever & Accenture in Mumbai and with

Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong. He recently led CEAT

as first tyre company outside of Japan to win the

Deming Prize, one of the most prestigious global

quality awards in the world. He is an MBA

from the Kellogg School of Management and

a BS (Economics) from the Wharton School,

University of Pennsylvania.

Rajeev Anand has been with Goodyear India for

almost 36 years now, and took on the country

leadership in 2009, when the country was going

through a rough economic patch due to negative global

cues. He was able to turnaround the company within a

year of taking charge through appropriate changes to the

business model.

C

EAT Kelani Holdings has announced the

appointment of Ravi Dadlani as Managing Director

of the company.

Previously Vice President Sales, Marketing &

Exports at CEAT Kelani, Dadlani succeeds Vijay

Gambhire, who returns to CEAT Limited India

on completion of his term.

The first Sri Lankan Managing Director of CEAT

Kelani Holdings, Dadlani’s appointment comes

at a time when the India – Sri Lanka joint venture

tyre manufacturer is on the cusp of rapid expansion

of its product range and manufacturing capacity. In

January 2018, the company announced a new investment of

Rs 3 billion in its manufacturing operations in Sri Lanka.

Anant Goenka to head ATMA

Ravi Daldani named MD,

CEAT Kelani

Ahmet Kilic named

MD at Uzer Makina

SPOTLIGHT

Anant Goenka

Rajeev Anand

Ravi Daldani

V

MI Group has appointed Adnan Cemalovic

as Global Account Manager. He will be

responsible for India as well as some key accounts

in Korea. Adnan brings with him a rich experience in

account management in previously held positions within

the capital intensive industry.

T

he UK-based

Zenises Group

has appointed Jorge

Crespo as the new

Executive Director

and a member of the

Executive Committee.

In his new role, Crespo

is responsible for the

strategic direction of

the company.

“Jorge has been a

member of the Zenises family for years and has

helped grow the business. This promotion is well

deserved and we thank Jorge and his family for

their hard work, dedication, passion and loyalty,

“said Zenises CEO Harjeev Kandhari.

N

okian Tyres

has appointed

Mark Earl to lead the

Americas Business

Area as of May 1,

2018. He will report
      to the President &
      CEO Hille Korhonen.

Earl’s main

responsibility

is to implement

Nokian Tyres’

North American

growth strategy through the Dayton, TN factory

project, grow the distribution, and further build

and strengthen the Company’s North American

organisation.

Adnan Cemalovic new

VMI Global Account

Manager

Crespo new Executive

Director at Zenisis

Earl to lead Nokian’s

Americas business

Adnan Cemalovic

Crespo Jorge Zenisis

Mark Earl NokianLee

Ahmet Kilic