Beard new divisional director of Ring Carnation

Connor Beard has been appointed to the role of divisional director of Ring Carnation with responsibility for the continued growth of the business unit from Ring Automotive.

He replaces Richard Morley, who retired at the end of May after a long career in the aftermarket, with previous roles at Hella, Klarius and SMP Europe.

Ring Carnation is a specialist in automotive electrical power management and control, and has been a market-leading supplier of switching systems with the emergency services since 1995, with the well-renowned Genisys system remaining the controller of choice for the majority of NHS fleets in the UK.

Formerly, Beard was the operations director for Baldwin & Francis Ltd, who specialise in bespoke manufacture of Low to Medium Voltage (LV/MV) electrical power management and control solutions into Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) into a range of sectors.

Previous to this, he was a captain within the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the British Army. There, he was responsible for managing the engineering and equipment support of large and complex operational fleets.

Beard said he hopes to draw on his experience from managing large fleets to add value to Ring Carnation customers and end-users.

“From my short time within the Ring Carnation team, I’ve been most impressed by the positive environment and culture; everyone is passionate about what they do, and passionate about doing their best for each other, the customer, and the end-user,” he said.

“The personal bonds between team members, and their compassion for one another demonstrates excellent team spirit and a shared purpose – the work culture and customer focus within Ring Automotive / Carnation is second to none.”

Beard added: “The core Genysis system has so much transferable utility to add value in other sectors, and the sheer number of potential opportunities to be unlocked through minor development is extremely exciting.

“Ring Carnation is a small, highly technical and tight knit team, primed to collaborate and innovate. Together, they are capable of exciting things, and only require investment and focus to achieve this and do even greater things.”