Mr. Erik Schiphorst has been appointed Director (Marketing & Sales) of Groeneveld Transport Efficiency in Gorinchem, active in automatic greasing systems, oil management and Greensight active safety systems.
Mr. Erik Schiphorst will be responsible for the worldwide sales activities through the more than 30 wholly-owned Groeneveld subsidiaries, importers and dealers, as well as leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, trailers and earth-moving equipment.
He has a masters degree in Business Economics and studied at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. As from 2000 he consecutively held the positions of Managing Director of Volvo Trucks Netherlands and Volvo Trucks Austria. Since August 2005 he held the positions of Director (Sales and Marketing) and Vice-Chairman of the Board TVM Insurances