June 2021

JUNE 2021 AFTERMARKET 57 EYEBROW www.aftermarketonline.net Anthony Cornwall has re-joined Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) Automotive Division as Account Director Automotive. Immediately prior to joining KCS, he was at CDK Global for 12 years, as a Major Account Manager and then Director of International Manufacture Relationships. Before that, he was Senior Account Manager for KCS for just under five years. Commenting on his new role, Anthony said: “I am extremely excited to take on this new position within the KCS Automotive Division, at a time when there are many changes and challenges in the UK and Irish automotive aftermarkets. I very much look forward to meeting and working with our customers to help them to meet the challenges they face both today and in the coming years.” KCS European Sales Director Andrew Wilkinson added: “Anthony is a great addition to the team. He will help to keep our customers up-to-date with new product releases, system enhancements and ensure they get the most from our growing number of products and services.” Automechanika Birmingham appoints new Sales Director Grant Elrick has been appointed as the new Sales Director for Automechanika Birmingham. Commenting on his new role, Grant said: “The pandemic brought with it many challenges for the events industry, so I’m looking forward to working with Automechanika Birmingham to safely bring our customers back together through face-to-face exhibitions. Automechanika Birmingham provides a unique platform for our customers to engage the automotive aftermarket and will play a crucial role for the industry as it moves forward.” Messe Frankfurt Managing Director Simon Albert added: “Grant is an experienced professional with a strong network and excellent leadership skills. We are delighted to have him join the team for this role. His wealth of experience, knowledge and fresh ideas will help us to reach our full potential and continued future success of Automechanika Birmingham events.” KCS appoints new Automotive Account Director Fourth/TecAlliance: Appoints new PACT Director Fourth and TecAlliance have consolidated sales and support services for their eparts and Order Manager products in UK and Ireland, with Mark Rudge as Director of PACT. He said: “This is an exciting development in our relationship, which is set bring a marked improvement to the effectiveness of our support and service delivery capability for all PACT-enabled users and partners.” Xavier Thiberge, Sales Manager Europe – Partner Management, Business Unit Order Manager, added: “Bringing eparts and Order Manager sales and support even closer together has enormous benefits for our PACT customers and we are delighted to be able to transition to this combined service in the UK so effectively.”