09.11.2009

Taylor to leave JCB

JCB chief executive Matthew Taylor has decided to leave the UK based equipment manufacturer at the end of the year in order to persue other interests.

In a restructuring of the executive management team, Alan Blake takes over as chief executive on 1st of January 2010 reporting to JCB chairman, Sir Anthony Bamford.
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Alan Blake

Taylor, who joined JCB in March 2006 following five years as managing director of Land Rover, has left "to pursue other opportunities to be announced in the New Year".
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Matthew Taylor - JCB group chief operating officer

Blake is currently chief operating officer and has been a senior director at JCB for twenty years. The new structure was implemented to promote the next generation of executive management, with Tim Burnhope, 44, appointed as group managing director for product development and commercial operations and Graeme Macdonald, 41, as group managing director, business operations.

David Bell, who is currently managing director of JCB sales, becomes chief development officer with particular responsibility for JCB’s future development in China and Brazil, where the company has plants. David Miller remains in post as chief financial officer.

Sir Anthony Bamford said: “Tim Burnhope and Graeme Macdonald are taking on exciting new roles within the business and they will benefit greatly from the vast experience of Alan Blake, David Miller and David Bell. I am confident this new structure will strengthen JCB’s reputation as a leading customer-focused, innovative and cost-competitive business. I want to also thank Matthew for his valuable contribution to JCB and wish him every success in the future.”