We talk to recently promoted Kevin Griffin who takes on the top commercial vehicle role at Ford of Europe. He has a tonne of new vans in his range – how did he get to this place? Name: Kevin Griffin Company: Ford Motor Company Job: CV Director Ford of Europe (from Jan) Age: 54 What [...]
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In our regular look at the boss’s credentials we spend some time looking over the CV of Ulf Magnusson, MD of Volvo Group UK…… Name: Ulf Magnusson Company: Volvo Trucks Job: MD of Volvo Trucks in the UK and Ireland Age: 51 What was your first-ever job? Harvesting carrots on our [...]
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Name: Tim Ward Company: Northside Truck and Van Ltd Job: Managing Director Age: 52 What was your first ever job? Apprentice technician in the family haulage business How did you get into the commercial vehicle business? The Dad and his brothers owned a haulage company, it was sort of expected What [...]
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Name: Tim Stacey Company: Rygor Commercials Job: Managing Director Age: 45 What was your first ever job? Barman How did you get into the commercial vehicle business? I joined as a financial controller shortly after qualifying as a chartered accountant and then over time took on further responsibilities until appointed as Managing Director What does [...]
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Name: Brian Kempson Company: Road Range Ltd., Job: Managing Director Age: 47 What was your first ever job? Youth Opportunity Programme. Parts Apprentice. How did you get into the commercial vehicle business? Given the opportunity to transfer from a passenger car business by someone I had the greatest respect for and [...]
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Name: Andy Alderson Company: Autorama (UK) Ltd Job: Managing Director Age: 43 What was your first ever job? I had several ‘holiday jobs’ when I was still at school. Where do I start?… I worked on a fruit and veg stall and at a pig farm! Later I did a [...]
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Name: Oliver Drinkwater Company: VB-Airsuspension Job: Managing Director Age: 38 What was your first ever job? Cleaning cars and trucks…in between studying of course! How did you get into the commercial vehicle business? It’s in my blood. My father had a haulage business, which later evolved into a well-respected [...]
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We talk to Rob Spittle, MD of the expanding Guest Trucks Empire live from the CV Show to see how he got to the top………… Name: Rob Spittle Position: MD Truck Operations, Guest Trucks Age: 38 What was your first ever job? I had a school holiday job selling new Ford cars from a showroom, [...]
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