Paccar in the US has announced the appointment of Kevin Baney as vice-president of Paccar and general manager of the Kenworth Truck Company.
Baney has worked with Paccar for a quarter century having served for nearly three years as Kenworth’s assistant general manager for sales and marketing prior to his new appoimtment.
Before that Baney was Kenworth’s chief engineer for close to five years.
“I look forward to building on Kenworth’s core values of quality, innovation and technology,” Baney said.
“We have the best customers, employees and dealers and I look forward to the new role as Kenworth’s general manager.”
Baney began his Paccar career as a design engineer, and has held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering at Peterbilt Motors in, Texas before joining Kenworth in 2012 as chief engineer.
He has a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from LeTourneau University and master of business administration degree from the University of North Texas.
