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Inchcape Philippines celebrated its first anniversary in the Philippines with strategic leadership changes within the organization after a year of solid business growth and development.
Alex Hammett had relinquished his double role as head of Inchcape Philippines to focus on driving growth across the region as managing director for South Asia and the Pacific that comprises the growth markets of Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, Guam, Saipan and Micronesia. He will continue to be based in the Philippines.
Meanwhile, chief operating officer Frankie Ang is also stepping down by the end of the year. In his 12 years with CATS, Frankie managed operations, business development, and government relations. Since the incorporation of Inchcape Philippines, Frankie played pivotal roles in ensuring operations continuity and business growth. With operations on track at an exciting phase of strategic development, Frankie is confident in the company’s continued success and plans to exit to pursue his other business interests. He will remain as a Board Member of Inchcape Philippines.
Starting this August, Alex Yap has succeeded Alex Hammett as the Philippines business leader and is appointed as the country head of Inchcape Philippines. Alex Yap continues to be a part of the South Asia & Pacific leadership team and will spearhead distribution, retail and service excellence with global mobility partners – Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, Jaguar and Land Rover, Changan Auto, Mazda, Harley-Davidson, and Daimler commercial vehicles in the Philippines.
“As the automotive industry continues to undergo rapid change, the Philippines presents an exciting opportunity to leverage our digital capabilities to further grow our distribution business with our mobility partners. I thank Alex and Frankie for their trust in me to lead the Inchcape Philippines team in powering great experiences for our customers and delivering value for all our stakeholders,” Alex said.
Alex is a veteran with more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry as he joined Inchcape in 2017 as the sales and distribution director of Inchcape Singapore where he led the digital transformation of retail sales, digitalizing the customer experience journey. Alex was also the managing director of Inchcape Guam & Saipan (also known as Atkins Kroll) in the Pacific from 2022 to 2024 where he was instrumental in raising business operations efficiency through digitalization, and transforming the business to one which is customer-centric and a place where talents are being developed. Prior to Inchcape, Alex managed Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Jaguar Land Rover and McLaren, and handled Commercial Vehicles from Japanese and Chinese OEMs.