Penske Commercial Vehicles, the distributor for Western Star, MAN and Dennis Eagle commercial vehicles in Australia and New Zealand, has announced the appointment of Kevin Dennis to the position of Managing Director.
"Kevin brings a passion for developing new business sales opportunities and an unwavering commitment to customer engagement and service delivery," said Randall Seymore, President of Penske Transportation Group International.
"His background and wealth of experience is a perfect fit to continue the development and implementation of our strategy, including our customer first philosophy.
Mr Dennis comes to the role after two years as the Director of On Highway business at Penske Power Systems (formerly MTU Detroit Diesel Australia). Before that he served as Managing Director of Navistar Australia, and had spent 13 years with Detroit Diesel Corporation and Daimler Truck North America in various senior roles.
Mr Dennis said he was thrilled to be taking on this latest challenge.
"I am excited by the opportunity to get out there and tell the market about the great line up of trucks we represent in Western Star Trucks, MAN Truck & Bus and Dennis Eagle, and the effort the company has put into building true working partnerships with our customer base," he said.
Mr Dennis will officially commence his new role on Monday, June 20.