Retiring in 2016, Clayton spent 20 years at Boeing, in positions encompassing engineering, plant operations, manufacturing, supply chain management and procurement.

Christina Zamarro has been named the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Goodyear, taking over from Darren R. Wells, who will become Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.

Steve Hoeft, who was previously COO replaces Chris Ripani as President of Bridgestone's CTG division, effective immediately.

Luca de Meo, CEO of Groupe Renault, will serve as ACEA President in 2023, replacing outgoing BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) CEO, Oliver Zipse who has held the position for the last two years.

Andy Cheung comes from Johnson Controls, where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Products.

The company has appointed Chris Villavarayan as its new Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2023.

These appointments come after former CEO, Xiaodi Hou, was fired for allegedly engaging in illicit technology transfers with Chinese-backed start-up Hydron Inc.

Angela Qu steps into the role of Chief Supply Chain Officer and Ángel Rodríguez Lagunilla as Chief Manufacturing Officer.

Her responsibilities will include being in charge of the production, sales and further development of the Unimog, Econic and Zetros models as well as their production plants in Wörth, Germany and Molsheim, France.

Jonathan Randall will take up his new role from 1 December, having joined Mack Trucks in 2016.

Simões, who succeeds Lineu Takayama, will be the first woman and the youngest executive to join the VWCO Board.

Lorenz-Dietz will take over as Chief Financial Officer from Wilfried Trepels from 1 January 2023.