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Bridgestone Names New Bandag Leader
states and the
acquisition of Dunlop
Industrial Products.
In 2014, he also took
on management of the Asia-Pacific Cluster,
increasing its
profitability through
the use of synergies
and the introduction
of best-practice
models. The 49 year-
old engineering graduate will, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, be responsible for the sales, marketing, compliance and corporate development portfolios.
Udo Zimmer will take up the newly-created post of Financial Director. He possesses a broad experience as CFO and in the
Bridgestone Americas has hired Gary Nye as director of operations for the company’s Bandag retread business.
Nye will lead Bandag brand operational strategies and efforts to enhance franchise operations in the U.S. and globally.
As part of his remit Nye will also work closely with the Bridgestone commercial truck
Rema Tip Top AG Expands Board of Management
The Rema Tip Top AG supervisory board will, effective March 2016, expand its board of directors from two to four reporting lines and has appointed Thorsten Wach and Udo Zimmer to the board. Thorsten Wach will take up the function of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Udo Zimmer that of Financial Director.
and bus tyre team to better synergise Bridgestone’s commercial division. Before joining Bridgestone Nye served as senior business operations team leader at Mars Petcare North America and spent eight years at Ford Motor Company.
Nye has a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from Michigan Technological
University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Thorsten Wach (L) and Udo Zimmer (R)
worldwide acquisition and integration of companies. As financial director, the 53 year- old business administration graduate carries responsibility for finance, investor relations, personnel, IT and internal audit portfolios.
"This expansion of the board of directors reflects both the development of Rema Tip Top as an all-round supplier of services and the strong global
growth of recent years" notes Heinz Reiner Reiff, member of the board of Stahlgruber Otto Gruber AG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rema Tip Top AG.
Thorsten Wach joined Rema Tip Top in 2006 as CEO of the Africa Cluster. He developed the regional organisation to become one of the leading suppliers of services in Africa through building up the service network in key African