New chief for Leyland Trucks

Bryan Sitko has been appointed Managing Director of Leyland Trucks Ltd, the subsidiary of PACCAR Inc whose factory in Leyland, Lancashire, is the only volume truck maker in the UK and which assembles almost all trucks sold by market leader DAF Trucks in the UK.

Mr Sitko takes over the role from Ron Augustyn who is returning to the US to take up another role with PACCAR. Mr Augustyn joined Leyland in September 2012.

Mr Sitko has spent 16 years at PACCAR both in North America and Europe, most recently as Operations Director for PACCAR Parts Europe based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Bryan graduated from the University of Washington in the US. He will relocate with his family from Eindhoven to the Leyland area.

"This is a great opportunity and I am very much looking forward to working with the tremendous team at Leyland Trucks to build on the excellence this operation is known for," said Bryan Sitko.  “I’m looking forward to bringing my experience in supply chain management to play in an assembly environment”. 

NOTE TO EDITORS: Leyland Trucks is PACCAR’s design and development centre for all trucks up to 18 tonnes and assembles almost all right hand drive DAF trucks for sale in the UK and other markets.

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Martin Hayes, Torque Agency Group                                                  
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