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Deere Confirms Allen As Chairman
Deere & Co. said its board of directors has
elected Samuel R. Allen as chairman of the
board, effective at the conclusion of the Feb.
24, 2010, annual meeting of stockholders.
Allen will continue as Deere & Co. president
and chief executive officer. This confirms
Deere’s previous announcement in which Allen
becomes chairman immediately following the
expiration of Robert W. Lane’s current term as
chairman and member of the Deere board of
directors. The board also voted to reduce the
size of the board to 11 members, effective at
the same time as Allen becomes chairman.
In June, Deere announced that its board
had elected Allen to become president and
chief operating officer, as well as a member of
the board of directors effective June 1, and
chief executive officer effective Aug. 1.
Allen is a 34-year veteran of Deere and has
served as a senior officer at Deere since
2001, including president of the Worldwide
Construction & Forestry Division. Allen also
led Deere Power Systems Group, John Deere
Credit’s global operations, and Deere’s global
human resources and labor relations.
Allen also had responsibility in the past for
Deere’s intelligent mobile equipment technologies and for Deere’s advanced technology and innovation. Previously in his career,
he worked in the Consumer Products
Division, Worldwide Construction & Forestry
Division, Deere Power Systems Group, and
the Worldwide Agricultural Division, including managing operations in Latin America,
East Asia and Australia.
ArvinMeritor Announces
Executive Appointments
ArvinMeritor Inc.’s board of directors has
elected Carsten Reinhardt to the position of
senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO). Also elected as executive officers
were Tim Bowes to vice president and president, Industrial, and Joe Mejaly, named vice
president and president, Aftermarket & Trailer.
As COO, Reinhardt is responsible for the
overall global management of ArvinMeritor’s
Commercial Truck, Industrial, and Aftermarket
& Trailer business segments. Reinhardt will
continue to report to ArvinMeritor’s Chairman,
CEO and President Chip McClure.
Prior to this appointment, Reinhardt was
senior vice president and president of the company’s Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS)
business group since joining the company in
2006. Before joining ArvinMeritor, Reinhardt
was the president and CEO of Detroit Diesel
Corp., a subsidiary of Daimler AG.
Bowes is now responsible for managing all
aspects of the company’s business in off-highway, military, construction, bus and coach, fire
and emergency, and other industrial applications. Additionally, he will have responsibility
for the company’s business in Asia Pacific,
including all on- and off-highway activities. He
is located in Shanghai, China, and will continue
to report directly to Reinhardt. Previously,
Bowes held the position of vice president and
managing director, Asia Pacific.
Mejaly will be responsible for the After-
market group, which supplies axles, brakes and
suspension parts to commercial vehicle after-
market customers in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Europe and South America. One of his
primary goals will be to expand the company’s
aftermarket business in Asia Pacific. He is also
responsible for developing and growing
ArvinMeritor’s remanufacturing business,
which acquired two significant new companies
in 2009 including Mascot Truck Parts (North
America) and Truck Technic (Europe). Mejaly
will continue to lead ArvinMeritor’s global trailer
business. Previously, Mejaly held the position
of vice president and general manager of Arvin-
Meritor’s Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket
(CVA) and Trailer business.
Global Role For Jones At MAN
MAN Diesel Group has appointed Wayne
Jones, presently
managing director of
MAN Diesel Ltd. U.K.,
as the new head of
the After Sales business unit for all MAN
Diesel activities globally. In this new role,
he will be in charge of
the worldwide MAN
Diesel PrimeServ business and will continue
to be responsible for MAN Diesel Ltd.
Jones joined MAN Diesel Ltd. in April 2005
and, by November of the same year, was
appointed managing director. He has more
than 20 years’ experience in the service industry. In his previous position at Sulzer Pumps
he was responsible for the aftermarket activities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
