Finning International Inc. announced that Scott Thomson,Chief Executive Officer, will retire from the Company on November 15, 2022, after leading the company for the last nine years. Kevin Parkes, currently Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Mr. Thomson as Chief Executive Officer and will join on November 16, 2022. Kevin Parkes became Chief Operating Officer for Finning International Inc. in April 2022, after serving as President of Finning Canada since 2019.

Over the course of his career at Finning, Kevin has held progressively senior leadership positions, including Managing Director of Finning UK and Ireland and, prior to that, Director of the Equipment Solutions Division for the UK and Ireland operations. In addition, Kevin was Chief Executive Officer of Hewden from 2010 to 2015, following the sale of this business by Finning in 2010. Kevin holds a BA in Business Administration from Staffordshire University.