TOYOTA MOTOR KAZAKHSTAN’S EX-PRESIDENT KIT SIMMONS JOINS ASTANA MOTORS’ MANAGEMENT BOARD

Kit Matthew Simmons has become a new member of Astana Motors' Management Board.

Kit Simmons has been in the car industry for 30 years. Until December 2021, he had been President at Toyota Motor Kazakhstan and a member of the Supervisory Board at Toyota Financial Services Kazakhstan.

Kit Matthew Simmons was born in the United Kingdom, graduated from Plymouth University as a Bachelor of Business with a marketing diploma and the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) settled in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mr. Simmons' career in the car industry started in 1992. He took executive positions at Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota Motor Europe, Toyota Motor Russia and Toyota Motor Corporation Japan.

In 2017, Kit Simmons became President at Toyota Motor Kazakhstan, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, the official importer and distributor of Toyota and Lexus.

«We have been cooperating effectively with Mr. Simmons for many years. He is a great professional with valuable personal experience of an executive in major companies in various countries of the world and a reliable partner,” Nurlan Smagulov, head of the Astana Group comprising Astana Motors, noted.

Run by Kit Simmons, Toyota Motor Kazakhstan has hit records.

At Astana Motors, Mr. Simmons will focus on the global development of distribution and a dealer network.

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Founded in 1992, Astana Motors is the first company in Kazakhstan to operate in the field of car sales, service and production. The portfolio of Astana Motors includes 13 car brands.

Astana Motors is the official distributor of Hyundai passenger and commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan, official distributor of Subaru in Kazakhstan, exclusive importer of BMW, MINI and Motorrad in Kazakhstan, official distributor of Haval in Kazakhstan, official distributor of Chery in Kazakhstan, official production and sales distributor of Golden Dragon passenger vehicles in Kazakhstan, official dealer of Toyota in Almaty and Nur-Sultan, official dealer of Lexus in Nur-Sultan, official dealer of Land Rover and Jaguar in Almaty and official dealer of Volvo in Almaty.

Astana Motors has 30 own dealers, a commercial vehicle plant — Hyundai Trans Almaty and a passenger car plant — Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan.

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