Munhoz will report to Mats Gunnarsson, executive vice president of global commercial operations, who is based at the headquarters in Sweden.

Onofrio Defina, COO of EMEA and Stefano Gava, COO Americas will swap roles in order to encourage “cross fertilisation” of expertise and ideas.

The exhaust and thermal management specialist has appointed board members responsible for finance, strategy, and division management, expanding the board from three to seven personnel.

The company is recruiting more than 60 new employees at the plant, following recent growth in its wheels business.

Gramse, who has worked for MAN since 2020, will be the board member responsible for procurement.

The companies will partner with the United Nations World Food Programme to build a transport training centre in Accra, dedicated to courses in road transport, fleet management, and temperature-controlled logistics.

Wright, who founded the company with his father in 1946, is credited with leading the design of the first British-built electric bus in 1999 and, in 2015, the world’s first fuel-cell electric double-deck bus.

Dr Srinath Rengarajan has been appointed as Senior Manager of Corporate Product & Strategy.

Rushforth will be responsible for scaling up the fuel-cell electric vehicle designer's business operations in Europe.

The joint venture between Traton, Daimler Truck and Volvo has received the relevant regulatory approvals and will begin operations this year, led by Anja van Niersen.

At the end of 2022, Dr Holger Klein will replace Wolf-Henning Scheider as CEO and Dr Peter Laier will replace Wilhelm Rehm as head of Commercial Vehicle Solutions.

The new Mack Academy in Tinley Park, located in a larger space offering electric vehicle safety, operation, repair, and sales training, will replace the existing site in Joliet.