Cummins Southern Africa has announced the appointment of Thierry Pimi as Managing Director for Cummins Southern Africa as of 1 September 2016.
Pimi is responsible for the leadership, operations and strategic direction for Cummins’ distribution business South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar.
He is a professional mechanical engineer with over sixteen years’ experience in the power generation, manufacturing and mining industries and has held senior management positions at Cummins in the United States of America and Senegal.
Commenting on his new role, he said: “I am ready to take up the challenge and work hard to further enhance the business, elevate the Cummins brand and get closer to our customers. My vision for Southern Africa is for us to exceed our customers’ expectations through world class professionalism from a diverse and highly motivated team.”
Pimi is a strong supporter of promoting local talent and has unleashed diverse and capable teams across the regions in which he has worked, combining seasoned industry leaders with exciting new hires equipped with strong local market knowledge and solid regional business culture.
Cummins Southern Africa is poised to move on to deliver the highest levels of service to its customers backed by Pimi’s proven track record of leadership and performance improvements. Under his guidance and with his extensive strategic experience; the company is well set to achieve its targets.
