JCB names managing director of sales

JCB has named Matthew Taylor, previously managing director of Land Rover for Ford, managing director of JCB sales.

“It is a measure of the success of JCB that we have been able to recruit someone of Matthew Taylor’s caliber to the key worldwide sales role,” said John Patterson, managing director and chief executive of JCB.

Taylor takes over for Francoise Rausch, who will continue as an executive director of JCB Sales.