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PEOPLE<br />
New appointment for SMP Europe<br />
SMP Europe announces internal promotion<br />
Engine management and ignition<br />
specialists, SMP Europe, has<br />
appointed Martin Turner as Marketing<br />
Director, to oversee all commercial<br />
and product marketing activities<br />
with suppliers, buying groups and<br />
distributors.<br />
Turner, previously Internet Sales<br />
Manager at the company, will also<br />
be involved in research and analysis<br />
activities to define and establish SMP<br />
Europe’s strategies.<br />
Martin’s experience lies in graphic<br />
design, business development and<br />
project management - and he will use<br />
his aftermarket expertise and skills to<br />
positively impact progression for the<br />
company.<br />
Last year saw the business rebrand<br />
to SMP Europe to demonstrate<br />
the company’s continued growth and<br />
development in the automotive industry.<br />
<strong>The</strong> company has invested heavily in<br />
its technical and engineering resource<br />
to become the authority on engine<br />
management product solutions.<br />
Turner comments: “I’m delighted to<br />
accept this new position. SMP Europe is a<br />
great company to work for and has a great<br />
ethos. I’m really looking forward to pushing<br />
the brand further. We have some exciting<br />
plans ahead so watch this space!’<br />
Ross Toomey, SMP Europe Managing<br />
Director, said: “We continually invest in the<br />
business and we’re proud to be a company<br />
that promotes from within. Martin’s new<br />
position is thoroughly deserved and I’m<br />
sure he will do a great job of using his<br />
skills and experience to promote the key<br />
messages of SMP Europe.”<br />
Cosworth strengthens executive management<br />
team with COO appointment<br />
Cosworth has appointed digital and<br />
business transformation specialist<br />
Stephen Dyke into the newly created<br />
role of Chief Operations Officer (COO) to<br />
support the company’s growth within the<br />
transportation technology sector.<br />
Dyke joins Cosworth from engineering<br />
firm Ricardo, where he spent two years as<br />
Managing Director, leading the company’s<br />
automotive and industrial offering across<br />
EMEA. He was also Chair of the EMEA<br />
Board, as well as statutory director of<br />
Ricardo UK Ltd, so brings to Cosworth<br />
recent and relevant credentials in the<br />
fields of automotive, commercial, defence,<br />
marine, aerospace and energy sectors.<br />
Since Cosworth was established in<br />
1958, its name has been synonymous<br />
with technological prowess and high<br />
performance. From pioneering innovations<br />
in motorsport, Cosworth has transitioned<br />
into a profitable transportation technology<br />
company with leading expertise in the<br />
areas of performance, digitalisation, and<br />
electrification.<br />
Recent growth has been driven by high<br />
profile programmes and partnerships in<br />
the fast-evolving intelligent transportation<br />
space. Today, Cosworth is a high-quality<br />
business with a unique brand heritage, an<br />
impressive track record and high revenue<br />
visibility.<br />
Dyke’s appointment as COO, reporting<br />
to Chief Executive Officer Hal Reisiger,<br />
will allow the company to accelerate its<br />
roadmap to electrification and to solve<br />
new mobility challenges through hybrid<br />
and EV propulsion, data connectivity and<br />
automation technology.<br />
Prior to his work with Ricardo, Dyke<br />
was responsible for leading data and<br />
digital transformation within Amey, EY<br />
and Network Rail, as well as running the<br />
transport and logistics Business at CSC,<br />
now known as DXC Technology.<br />
Underpinning his career, Dyke spent<br />
over twenty years in the Royal Air Force<br />
(RAF), during which he studied electronic<br />
systems engineering at Cranfield University.<br />
Intelligence and data have always played a<br />
critical role in his career, whether planes,<br />
trains or automobiles, using a passion<br />
for tech-enabled transformation to help<br />
translate business needs into sustained<br />
organisational change.<br />
Stephen Dyke said: “Cosworth is an<br />
exciting business and much broader in<br />
its capabilities than many yet know from<br />
the outside. Since joining, I have learned<br />
more about our high-performance<br />
engineering and an opportunity to scale<br />
the company’s suite of offerings into new<br />
sectors and geographies. I am looking<br />
forward to supporting the business growth,<br />
taking everything for which Cosworth<br />
is renowned, and evolving our product<br />
strategy that integrates into future<br />
mobility solutions. Speaking to Hal and the<br />
Executive Team, I got a clear understanding<br />
of the company vision, to take Cosworth’s<br />
golden thread of internal combustion<br />
engine technology, electronics and<br />
software, and use them to drive a future of<br />
sustainable and intelligent mobility.”<br />
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