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Goodyear Tire has announced the appointment of Jan-Piet van Kesteren as managing director EMEA and chief sales officer EMEA consumer, effective 1st September. He will report to Mark Stewart, chief executive officer and president.<\/p>\n

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Jan-Piet van Kesteren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Van Kesteren will lead Goodyear’s consumer business across the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, with a focus on “driving sales execution, delivering profitable growth and advancing the company’s global strategy and objectives”.<\/p>\n

In addition to leading the consumer business, Goodyear says he will oversee key aspects of regional governance, ensuring strategic and operational alignment across the EMEA geography.<\/p>\n

“Jan-Piet’s track record of leading large-scale businesses, developing high-performing teams and delivering strong commercial outcomes makes him a great fit for Goodyear,” said Mark Stewart. “His strategic leadership will be key to advancing our EMEA agenda\u2014driving growth in high-value segments, strengthening our distribution model, and executing with a sharp focus on the customer.”<\/p>\n

Van Kesteren brings more than 20 years of international commercial leadership experience across the industrial and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors.<\/p>\n

Most recently, he served as managing director for Europe, Middle East & Africa at AkzoNobel and was a member of the company’s executive committee. He also held several senior leadership roles during his 16-year tenure at Unilever across EMEA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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