WAI has taken on Richard Davies as Business Development Manager. He comes to the company with a background of more than 30 years in in the CV and passenger car sectors.

Paul Cunningham has been appointed as Head of Operations in the UK at asTech, a Repairify company.

The Parts Alliance has appointed Mark Eburne as its new President and COO.
Mark previously had senior roles at a range of organisations across a number of sectors, including Wolseley, National Grid, RAC and TRW. Most recently, he was Chief Executive at building parts manufacturer Sigmat.

The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) has named Mike Bewsey as its new Chairman, taking over from Andrew Goddard, who has become Chairman of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA).

Online real-time manufacturer data service pricing provider JackFinder has appointed James Onions into the newly created role of Country Manager.

Martin Klein has been named as Schaeffler’s first Sales Manager for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, and is responsible for activities in 44 countries. He will also take over the from Stefan Knaack, Vice President Global Key Account Management Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket, who has been responsible for the Western Europe region, which includes Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Benelux countries.

Dayco has increased its UK sales team through the appointment of Kevin Lee.

Grant Elrick has been appointed as the new Sales Director for Automechanika Birmingham.

WAI UK Managing Director Richard Welland has been named as the new IAAF President, succeeding Terry Knox who stepped down at the organisation’s AGM in February. 

At the IMI’s recently-held AGM, Professor Jim Saker was appointed as the organisation’s new President .

ALGO has appointed a new Group Sales Director. Jorge Gamboa has taken on the position, in which he is reporting directly to CEO Marco Meliga.

LKQ Euro Car Parts has appointed Donna Fearnley as its HR Director. She brings more than 30 years’ experience to the role, having held senior HR positions at household names including Amazon, Tui and, most recently, Premier Foods.

The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation has promoted Mike Smallbone to the position of Head of Membership Development.

Helmut Ernst, head of ZF Aftermarket, is now overseeing all market and product topics of the organisation following the decision of Neil Fryer to leave the company at his own request to take on a new role outside the company.

Gina Hinde has been recruited as marketing manager by Morris Lubricants to build the brand and is excited by the huge potential offered by the job.

Aftermarket recruitment specialists PG Automotive has made two new appointments to its team.