Chris Adcock joins the UK organisation after more than 20 years’ experience working for ZF Services, five years of which were spent in Australia as Managing Director of ZF Services Australia, where, as part of the Asia Pacific leadership team, he was responsible for developing the Australasian business and market development including China, South Korea, India and South East Asia.
Chris’ experience overseas has provided him with a unique understanding of foreign markets, including the variance in business culture, geographical challenges and distribution and supply processes.
He said: “The company is in a fantastic position thanks to great leadership over its 40 year tenure in the UK, and I will look to continue this work and identify new opportunities for growth in the years to come.
“I look forward to driving business growth and ensuring always the best service for our British customers.”
Chris’ focus will also be on emerging technologies looking to support new product development and exploring ways to further enhance how ZF Services UK interacts with customers, while continuously improving the highly regarded and respected service the industry is accustomed to.
Current managing director, Graham Truckel, will be leaving the organisation on 30th June.
Graham has been responsible for overseeing a series of changes, including handling the merger of two parts of the organisation – the sales and services division (formerly ZF Great Britain) and the aftermarket sales business (ZF Trading UK) in 2011.
Graham said: “I’m proud of a number of key achievements over the years, not only the successful merger of the sales and service and aftermarket divisions, but also ZF being recognised as the principal transmission supplier for one of the UK’s most prestigious car manufacturers.”
For more information about ZF Services UK, follow the ‘more details’ link below.