JCB announces successor to CEO Alan Blake

JCB has announced a successor to CEO Alan Blake who is to retire at the end of the year. Blake, 63, joined JCB in 1989 and became CEO in 2010 after holding a number of senior positions in the company, and after leading the biggest production expansion in JCB’s history. Since his appointment as CEO, Alan has presided over the company’s return to sales and production growth against a backdrop of continued economic uncertainty around the world, including last year’s 10% contraction in the global construction e
June 13, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
JCB’s Chief Executive Officer Designate Graeme Macdonald
255 JCB has announced a successor to CEO Alan Blake who is to retire at the end of the year.

Blake, 63, joined JCB in 1989 and became CEO in 2010 after holding a number of senior positions in the company, and after leading the biggest production expansion in JCB’s history.

Since his appointment as CEO, Alan has presided over the company’s return to sales and production growth against a backdrop of continued economic uncertainty around the world, including last year’s 10% contraction in the global construction equipment sales market. Alan will remain as a senior advisor and board member of the company.

His successor will be Graeme Macdonald, 45, who became Chief Executive Officer Designate from June 1 2013.

McDonald has held a variety of senior roles during his 16 years at JCB and was latterly the company’s chief operating officer. He was previously MD of the company’s Backhoe Loader Business Unit, based at the World HQ in Rocester, central England, and also held the position of president of JCB Inc based at JCB’s North American HQ in Savannah, Georgia.

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