Scania New Zealand welcomes new Managing Director

Scania New Zealand is pleased to announce Rafael Alvarenga as its new Managing Director.

Rafael will start his new role on 1st September 2021, succeeding Mattias Lundholm who recently returned to Sweden following a three year stint as Managing Director in New Zealand after launching Scania NZ into the New Zealand market.

“I am excited to start my new chapter with Scania in New Zealand and pick up where Mattias has left off. I look forward to continuing the growth and success of the New Zealand business and experiencing the Kiwi culture,” says Rafael.

Scania significantly expanded its footprint throughout New Zealand last year and now enjoys a stable of 24 nation-wide service centres, of which 10 are Scania New Zealand branches and 14 are independent approved service centres.

Rafael has worked in the automotive industry since 1996, spending eight years at Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles in Brazil before joining Scania Latin America in 2004.

For the past four years, Rafael has been the Services Director at Scania India. His career with Scania has seen him perform in a variety of roles across application engineering, sales, KAM and most recently, services.

In 2005 Rafael graduated as an engineer, and in 2011 received an MBA in Business Management. He comes to New Zealand with his wife and three children, and has a passion for football.

Scania New Zealand welcomes Rafael to the team and offers heartfelt thanks to Mattias for his amazing contribution to the business during the last three years.

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Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com

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