Kidlington-based adhesives supplier Intertronics has named Teresa Arnaud and Ben Swanson joint managing directors, while founder and former managing director Peter Swanson will stay on as executive chair.
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Both new MDs are long-standing members of the company’s senior management team, stepping into the new role in July 2024 with a bold business plan focussed on growth, delivering value to customers, and empowering its team of 25.
Teresa Arnaud has spent more than a decade working at Intertronics and transitions into the MD role from chief operating officer. Ben Swanson has been with the business for five years, stepping into the managing director role from chief commercial officer. Both have completed the Business Growth Programme at Cranfield School of Management, which helped facilitate the writing of the new business plan.
As joint managing directors, Swanson and Arnaud will invest in people, commercial, and operational-focussed projects. The commercial pillar will see the company refocus its attention on growing its materials business and hiring for new roles in business development and marketing, while the people pillar will see the business invest in learning and development and launch new leadership values. A core operational focus will be to make the business even easier to do business with, by setting new targets for on-time delivery and launching data-driven projects for business analysis.
“I left university and started a company almost 45 years ago, and I have been running and been in sole charge of Intertronics ever since. It has been a wonderfully rewarding responsibility,” said Peter Swanson, founder and executive chair at Intertronics. “Teresa, Ben, and I have been working towards this moment for some time, and none of us underestimate the significance of it for the business, for them, and for me.”
Intertronics specialises in adhesives — including materials and technology — for the high-technology manufacturing sector.