The automotive components supplier was acquired by private equity firm Apollo on 17 November for approximately USD7.1bn in cash.

John has been with Accuride for almost five years, occupying the role of Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

West joins ADL from Scania where he was the Sales Director and brings with him 27 years of sales, business development, marketing and commercial operations experience in the bus and coach sector.

Biznek joins from industrial engine manufacturer, Kohler Power Systems, where over the last 10 years he served in the roles of General Manager of Marine & Power Solutions, Vice President of Global Operations & Supply Chain and as Vice President of Operations & Engine Development. 

Marques is a 25 veteran of the Volvo Group, he is a native of Brazil, with extensive experience of working through South America.

The new Chairman takes over from family shareholder Peter Haller, who will remain at Quantron as a board member.

Loop Energy comes off a bumper 2022, which saw the company achieve significant growth, including quadrupling the number of purchase orders and doubling its customer base and number of unit sales.

Nilsson spent most of his career at Volvo, working in roles related to strategy, business development and product planning and in regions including Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

Owner Reinhard Hübner announced the new Management Board is as follows: Uwe Bittroff, Head of Bus Gangway Systems in the Mobility Road division; Ingolf Cedra, Head of the Material Solutions and Photonics division; Kai Mentel, Senior Vice President of Mobility Rail and Claus Schäfer, Head of Corporate Finance.

Jonathon Wood will take over from Jim Fier, who retires at the end of March this year after 36 years at the company.

Craig joined Hyliion’s board of directors in February 2022 after serving as Chief Executive Officer at Meritor.

Quentel will lead all financial operations, bringing over 20 years of international financial experience. Most recently, he was Group Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO of Claranova SE, a technology company.