October 2020

56 AFTERMARKET OCTOBER 2020 RECRUITMENT www.aftermarketonline.net The latest news on who is moving in the industry NEW APPOINTMENTS Appointment to MARELLI Advisory Board MARELLI recently appointed Dr. Jan Becker to its Advisory Board. Dr. Becker has over 20 years’ experience in vehicle automation and is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Apex.AI, Inc., which offers safe and certified software for autonomous mobility systems. Since 2010, he is also appointed lecturer at Stanford University on subjects relating to the future of automobiles and automated driving. From 2002 until 2015, Dr. Becker held a number of roles within the Bosch Group. He then relocated to Bosch North America, where he was Engineering Director for Software for Automated Driving. From 2016 to 2017, he was Senior Director for Autonomous Driving at Faraday Future. Marelli Group CEO Beda Bolzenius commented: “We created The Advisory Board to provide specialist counsel and insights and ongoing strategic advice to the MARELLI Board. Dr. Becker’s extensive system knowledge and understanding of complex automotive, robotic, and artificial intelligence systems will be a great advantage to MARELLI.” VP appointment at Bridgestone Bridgestone recently appointed Andrea Manenti as Vice President for its North Region, which includes the UK and Ireland. Andrea joins Bridgestone from Trelleborg Wheel Systems where he was Global OE Senior Director. He joined Trelleborg in Italy as Sales Director and has held Managing Director and Country Manager positions in the UK and Ireland, China and Asia. Andrea said: “To work for the world’s largest tyre and rubber company is an honour and in this fast-changing environment I look forward to getting to work with a fantastic team on many strategic and exciting initiatives.” Welcome to Aftermarket’s new appointments section. Here you can find the latest news on those moving around the industry as well as new vacancies from leading companies and recruitment agencies on the automotive market. If you have a vacancy to share, email Alex Wells at: alex@aftermarket.co.uk Appointment for Aftermarket Daniella Gavin has joined the team at Aftermarket, as Area Sales Manager. Daniella started her career in magazine publishing in 2016, after completing a degree in Communications, has previously worked as Area Sales Manager on a magazine within the engineering maintenance sector. She has been in commercial sales since 2018. As well as print media, she has also worked on large-scale exhibitions at the NEC, Birmingham.

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