People On The Move: Week of April 20

People On The Move: Week of April 20

A look back at personnel changes of the past week.

PartsTrader, a leading online collision parts marketplace, has appointed Greg Horn as the company’s new chief innovation officer (CIO). Horn brings more than 25 years of industry experience to the PartsTrader team. 

Read more here.

PPG recently announced at its annual meeting of shareholders that Kathleen Ligocki, former CEO, Agility Fuel Solutions, LLC, has been elected to join its board of directors, effective immediately. Ligocki will serve on PPG’s board Audit Committee and its Technology and Environment Committee.

Read more here.

The Retrofit Source (TRS), a leading designer, marketer, distributor and e-commerce retailer of performance automotive lighting solutions, has announced that Brian Reese has joined the company as CEO. He succeeds Matt Kossoff, who will become TRS’ chief product officer will and remain on the board of directors.

Read more here.

Link Mfg. Ltd., a leader in specialty-engineered suspensions, announced the promotion of Greg Hulstein to director of engineering and of Joel Van Den Brink to engineering manager. At the same time, the company is formally announcing the retirement of Michael Hof, Link’s vice president of business development, and Bill Ott, its vice president of engineering.

Read more here.

Blink Charging Co., a leading owner, operator and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging station products and networked EV charging services, has appointed Brendan Jones as its new chief operating officer (COO), effective April 20. 

Read more here.

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