Craig Rooke departs CTE UK

Euan Youdale Editor, Access International

15 July 2024

Access industry veteran Craig Rooke is leaving CTE UK following six years at the UK subsidiary of the Italy based manufacturer having been General Manager and Managing Director there.

Rooke has decided to pursue a new career opportunity, marking the end of a successful chapter with the company, which he will depart at the end of July.

Craig Rooke will leave CTE UK at the end of July.

He joined CTE UK in 2018, succeeding Graeme Hill, who retired at the end of the same year. Over the past six years, CTE said Rooke had been crucial in elevating the company’s profile and building strong, lasting relationships with UK customers.

Marco Govoni, CTE COO and CTE UK Director, said, “I can only thank Craig Rooke for the great contribution given as a professional but first and foremost as a loyal and reliable man, I wish my friend Craig all the best for the new challenge. At the same time, in the last weeks we are working on a new organisational structure capable of maintain the highest standard of service and customer support and to be announced before the end of the month “

Major contribution

Lorenzo Cipriani, Executive Vice President of CTE, also expressed his gratitude; “I extend my deepest gratitude to Craig Rooke for his exceptional collaboration and significant contributions to the growth of CTE UK and the increased awareness of our brand in the UK market. His dedication and leadership have been invaluable to our success”

Rooke thanked Cipriani and Govoni for the role he was fiven at CTE UK. “I want to personally place on record my gratitude to Marco for allowing me the freedom to run the business as I saw correct with no interference, his support has made him to date my best boss I could ever wish to work with and I will miss him for sure.”

“The whole of CTE Group welcomed me with open arms from day one and have been amazing with their support too and the passion they have for CTE is first class.

Here at CTE UK Ltd the team is I believe the best in the UK market for 3.5t truck mounts and it is all down to their work ethics and mindset that has made CTE the number one brand in the UK with the number one support to its customers.”