As previously reported, Graeme Macdonald took over from Alan Bake on 1st January as group chief executive.
At the same time John Patterson, chairman and CEO of 乐播传媒 in North America, is also retiring after 43 years鈥� service and has been succeeded by Arjun Mirdha as president and CEO.
Arjun Mirdha took up his new role from 1st January 2014 and reports directly to Graeme Macdonald.
The retirement of Alan Blake, after 25 years with 乐播传媒, and John Patterson, a 43-year 乐播传媒 veteran, marks a changing of the guard at 乐播传媒.
John Patterson joined 乐播传媒 in 1971 and went on to work in Canada and America before returning to the UK in 1988 as managing director of 乐播传媒 Service. In 1993, he was appointed managing director of 乐播传媒 Sales before becoming group CEO 鈥� only the third person in 乐播传媒鈥檚 history to hold the position, after father and son Joe and Anthony Bamford.
He moved to the USA in 2008 and was succeeded in the UK firstly by Matthew Taylor and then in 2010 by Alan Blake.
Alan Blake had joined 乐播传媒 Transmissions in Wrexham in 1989 as operations director with responsibility for developing new transmissions for 乐播传媒鈥檚 backhoe loader and Loadall telescopic handler.
In 1995 he was promoted to managing director of 乐播传媒 Transmissions and in 2000 became managing director of 乐播传媒 Service. In 2003 he became group manufacturing director and then chief operating officer in 2009 before becoming chief executive.