Apollo Tyres Ltd. appointed Pedro Matos as its chief quality officer.

Matos will be based out of the company’s global quality and business excellence office in Enschede, Netherlands, and will handle the entire portfolio of quality and business excellence in the organization, according to Apollo.

“As we grow our business across geographies, the scope of quality as a function has grown multifold,” Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman and managing director, Apollo Tyres Ltd., said. “With Pedro’s well-rounded experience in benchmarking, developing and implementing best management systems and processes, he is best-suited to handle this critical function at Apollo Tyres.”

Previously, Matos was vice president of manufacturing commercial specialty tires and senior vice president for quality management at Continental AG.