NEWBURY PARK, Calif. Haynes Manuals has announced that Marcus Perks, currently general manager of the Haynes business in Australia, which operates as a branch of the U.S. company, has taken on new responsibilities as of Nov. 1. Perks will assume the newly created position of vice president of business development and sales within Haynes Manuals Inc.
Before joining Haynes three years ago, Perks held sales management and then general manager positions with Universal Publishers (a division of Telstra and former owner of Gregory’s manuals) in Australia. Prior to that, he had a successful career with Castrol, responsible for retail sales across Australia and dealing heavily with national accounts.
Eric Oakley, group chief executive of Haynes, said, “In this new position, Marcus will assume a supervisory role over all sales activities in North America, as well as for initiatives designed to create new growth and the expansion of the Haynes business in the U.S., Canada and Australia.”