17/03/03 - Torotrak plc appoints commercial director
Torotrak plc, the Infinitely Variable Transmission (IVT) system development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Batchelor as commercial director. He will join the board from 31 March 2003.
James joins from Trafficmaster Automotive where he was responsible for business development, marketing and sales. In managing the key relationships at all levels in car companies he was successful in selling new technology into the automotive sector. Before that his experience at BMW included managing international, inter-company, collaborative ventures.He will report directly to chief executive Dick Elsy, and lead the business development team in its principle objective of securing production commitments from car companies. Having developed the IVT to an advanced stage, Torotrak is now actively engaged in the commercialisation of the technology. The company’s strategy remains to achieve market launch of the IVT by the car companies and their tier 1 suppliers, and it continues to work closely with these customers to achieve that. Dick Elsy, chief executive, said:“We are delighted to welcome James to our team. He has a proven track record in automotive product development, project management, strategic planning and commercial roles. His previous experience will be invaluable to us in helping our customers adopt our new technology. Our objective remains to secure a bankable commitment - programme approval - from our customers before the end of next year.” Contacts:
James Batchelor
Career summary
- 1979-1988 Rover Group, senior engineer to group chief engineer
- 1988-1991 Land Rover, commercial manager
- 1991-92 Rover Cars Commercial Division, business director
- 1992-93 BTR plc, general manager, automotive components
- 1993-96 BMW AG, projekleiter (project leader)
- 1997-99 BMW Group, project director - Land Rover
- 1999-2002 Trafficmaster Automotive, commercial director
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