Volta Trucks, a new entrant in the electric truck market segment, which unveiled the Volta Zero electric truck concept in July, has appointed Dr Seshu Bhagavathula to its Board of Directors.

Gerald Steinhoff (52) has been appointed as general manager for financial and administrative affairs at Kassel-based Hübner Group.

Hyva Holding B.V. has appointed Olav Berkelmans as managing director of Hyva Germany, with responsibility for the development of sales strategies and the main distribution channels for Hyva products and solutions in the DACH region.

Power management company, Eaton Corporation, has appointed Scott Adams as president of its eMobility division.

Dr Andrew Palmer, the former managing director at Aston Martin, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Optare plc of Sherburn in Elmet.

Matthias Gründler, who was until 2018 CFO of Traton SE, the holding company of the CV brands of MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus on July 16, 2020 took over the role of chair and CEO of the Board of Management at Traton, from Andreas Renschler.

Christian Coolsaet has been appointed Managing Director of Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland in Warwick, starting September 1, 2020.

Navistar International Corporation has appointed Persio V. Lisboa president and chief executive officer from July 1, 2020.

Cummins Inc has appointed Amy Davis as Vice President and President of New Power Segment, effective July 1, 2020.

From September 30, Colin Robertson (CBE), currently chief executive of Alexander Dennis Ltd, a subsidiary of Canada’s NFI Group Inc moves to NFI’s Board of Directors to serve in the role as Vice Chair.

Dana Incorporated has appointed Dr. Hong Yang as senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering for its Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion business unit.

The Board of Directors at truck and trailer connections and fleet data telematics specialist, Phillips Industries Inc, has made Rob Phillips (47) chief executive officer (CEO), effective March 15, 2020.