Appointment of Chief Executive Officer April 2024
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Bloomer as Chief Executive Officer at Autins.
Andy brings extensive experience in the European automotive manufacturing industry, particularly with electric vehicles and specialist fibre applications. Most recently, he held the role of Sales & Marketing Director EMEA – Thermal Ceramics at Morgan Advanced Materials plc, a position he has held since March 2020. He had commercial responsibility for a £150m division of a UK plc across entities in the UK, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, France, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. Andy has held various commercial management positions, including leading their Global Automotive business. His career also includes roles at Unipart Eberspächer, DENSO, and Jaguar Land Rover.
Adam Attwood, Chair of Autins Group plc, commented:
“I am delighted to announce that Andy will be joining us as CEO. His very relevant industry experience and commercial focus will enable us to maximize the increasing opportunities that we are currently seeing in the automotive market and accelerate our growth. I would also like to thank Gareth personally and on behalf of the Board for his dedicated service over the past five years, resulting in the start of the recovery of the business over the past 12 months. We all wish Gareth well in the future.”
Andy Bloomer stepped down as a director of five other companies ahead of his appointment to the board of Autins Group plc. There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.