{"id":34547,"date":"2023-04-19T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=34547"},"modified":"2023-04-26T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:17:22","slug":"new-uk-ireland-md-at-kumho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/new-uk-ireland-md-at-kumho\/34547","title":{"rendered":"New UK &#038; Ireland MD at Kumho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Lyons has been appointed as the new executive managing director of Kumho Tire UK &amp; Ireland.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34548\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34548 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680278417484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680278417484.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680278417484-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680278417484-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lyons joins the Korean tyre maker after around seven years with Trelleborg Wheel Systems (TWS), where he was most recently its managing director for the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>He also held the role of regional MD for East, South East Europe &amp; 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