The new Cluster Directors are each responsible for a group of countries in the Apollo Vredestein network. They will further support growth and be directly responsible for the implementation and execution of the company's sales and distribution strategy.

Paul Eidhof, who previously served as the Country Manager for the Netherlands, has now been elevated to his new role as Cluster Director BeNeLux. Thomas Körpert, also a familiar face within Apollo Vredestein as Country Manager for Austria, has now been appointed Cluster Director Central-East Europe. In this new role Körpert will be responsible for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and Poland.

A new addition to the company, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, has been appointed Cluster Director for North West, covering the UK, France, Spain and the Nordic countries. Papadopoulos has an impressive track record in consumer tyre sales around Europe.

“These appointments illustrate both the depth of talent within Apollo Vredestein, our philosophy of giving our employees opportunities to grow and our determination to supplement the sales force with the best people available for the role at hand,” comments Matthias Urban - Head of Sales Europe, to whom all three new Cluster Directors will directly report. “With their strong experience they will help us to accelerate our strategic growth plans and further build both the Apollo and Vredestein brands in Europe.”