Goodyear appoints Jan-Piet van Kesteren as EMEA managing director

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) announced that Jan-Piet van Kesteren will join as Managing Director EMEA & Chief Sales Officer EMEA Consumer, effective September 1. Van Kesteren will report to Mark Stewart, Chief Executive Officer and President.

Van Kesteren will lead Goodyear's Consumer business across the Europe, Middle East & Africa region, focusing on sales execution and profitable growth. He will also oversee regional governance aspects to ensure strategic and operational alignment across the EMEA geography.

The executive brings more than 20 years of international commercial leadership experience across industrial and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Most recently, he served as managing director for Europe, Middle East & Africa at AkzoNobel and was a member of the company's Executive Committee. He also held several senior leadership roles during his 16-year tenure at Unilever across EMEA.

"Jan-Piet's track record of leading large-scale businesses, developing high-performing teams and delivering strong commercial outcomes makes him a great fit for Goodyear," Stewart said. "His strategic leadership will be key to advancing our EMEA agenda—driving growth in high-value segments, strengthening our distribution model, and executing with a sharp focus on the customer."

Goodyear employs approximately 68,000 people and manufactures products in 53 facilities across 20 countries. The company operates two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg.

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