Kenard Engineering Co Ltd (
www.kenard.com) has appointed Andrew Patterson as managing director of Kenard Tewkesbury.
Bringing with him over 20 years of leadership experience in a broad range of industries, he joins Kenard as the company embarks on an intense growth programme, with ambitious targets for the next five years.
Mr Patterson says: “There is a tremendous level of skill and dedication within our team. The aim now is to unlock its full potential to create sustainable organisational health plus commercial success and to secure long-term jobs.
“Having worked for seven years in the automotive sector, which is very much focused on empowered cultures, I am keen to create and build an engaged team that has the responsibility and authority to make the transformational changes needed for us to deliver a positive future for the business.”
Group managing director Keith Ellis says: “This is a very exciting time for the group — and for Kenard Tewkesbury in particular, which has benefitted significantly from structural changes in the past year.
“With the support of a dynamic, highly experienced and ambitious new team, I am confident that we now have all the components to achieve manufacturing excellence and commercial success.”