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New group MD for Hadley

Cold rollforming company Hadley Group in Smethwick has announced the appointment of a new group managing director.

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Ben Towe

Ben Towe is succeeding his father Stewart Towe, who becomes executive group chairman.

Ben will now lead the day-to-day worldwide activities of Hadley Group and associates.

As chairman Stewart Towe will continue to promote, drive and support the strategic intent of Hadley Group.

The privately owned company, which has its head office in Downing Street, prides itself on innovation in cold rollforming technology.

Ben will continue to drive the company’s growth strategy while Dr Michael Castellucci will take the reign as group engineering director responsible for all technical and operational functions. He was instrumental in the development of Hadley Group’s patented UltraSTEEL process – a groundbreaking steel strengthening technology.

Stewart Towe said: “I have really enjoyed my role as chairman and managing director of Hadley Group over the past 12 years building highly effective board members and a successful business. My new role will give me the opportunity to pursue activities within the wider business community while still supporting the pursuit of Hadley Group’s strategic business development and investment activities globally.”

Jonathan Jaggar continues as group sales director and Richard Neale as group finance director.

Ben Towe started his career at Carillion in 2003 after qualifying as a mechanical engineer at Aston University. He joined Hadley in January 2006 as a manufacturing support engineer, He has been group deputy managing director since 2014.

Stewart Towe originally joined the company in 1976 as group accountant. He is also chairman of the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership and is a former High Sheriff of the West Midlands and Deputy Lieutenant, West Midlands.

The growing engineering group has just got the green light to build its new head office on the site of the former West Midlands Fire Service training academy. It bought the building in Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, in May last year.

Hadley Group currently employs 118 at Gaitskell Way and 322 at other sites in the West Midlands including its current head office in Downing Street.