New MD for John Crane Ltd

Published: 16 October, 2009

John Crane Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan Thorpe, in the position of Managing Director. He will take overall control of the general running and direction of the business in conjunction with the current management.

Thorpe returns to the toy trade having more recently been involved in the gift industry. His past experience include Fisher Price and Playmobil in the UK and USA and more recently with International Greetings Plc on the gifting and Far East divisions.

John Crane commented on the appointment; "I am delighted to be working with Jonathan and will be supporting him in fulfilling many of his new responsibilities, which also means I will be in a position to have more time to spend on customer interaction and new product."

Jonathan Thorpe can be contacted on 01604 77 49 49 or emailed at jthorpe@john-crane.co.uk