TEMOT International has announced the appointment of Bogumił Papierniok as chief business development officer.
Bogumił Papierniok after graduating in Technical and Business Studies in Germany and Poland, worked for MotoProfil, one of the biggest Polish and European parts distributors for more than 27 years. He possesses great experience in the automotive aftermarket in all possible areas from international procurement to sales and business development, IT and Marketing. Most recently, he was the managing director and vice president of the MotoProfil Board.
Bogumił, a strong advocate of the IAM rights, has actively supported and lobbied on international level for FIGIEFA as a member of the Board of the Polish Association of Automotive Spare Parts Distributors and Producers (SDCM). He also was the Polish expert for CARS 21 and 2020, high Level Group on the Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth of the Automotive Industry in the European Union.
Bogumił has been involved in international networking since 2002, being an active member of the Products & Suppliers Council, the Data Management Council and the Garage Concept Council. From March 2019 to October 2020, he was appointed by MotoProfil at the position of the late Piotr Tochowicz as member of the TEMOT International Supervisory Board.
Fotios Katsardis, president and CEO of TEMOT commented, “I’m extremely delighted to welcome Bogumił from our dear Shareholder MotoProfil to TEMOT, a natural step ahead at his excellent professional career within the Automotive Aftermarket. With his vast experience and professional capabilities, he is definitely our most important investment of the year! Bogumił is now summoned to offer his valuable services to our shareholders globally, strengthen their competitiveness under the rapidly challenging circumstances and assist TEMOT to become more focused, efficient and Shareholders-centric.”
As Chief Business Development Officer, Bogumił is expected to elaborate and implement TEMOT business development plans, design and apply processes and systems to support the shareholders’ growth and facilitate it by focusing in working together with the selected stakeholders. He will also lobby on the behalf of TEMOT Shareholders reinforcing all issues concerning the quest for a competitive and fair Aftermarket i.e. from telematics to access to repair and to data, cybersecurity, block exemption and all new ones bound to arrive.
