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New Chief Executive Officer at RB Royal

RB Royal is pleased to announce that its board of directors has appointed Tristian Kanwar, CEO and President of RB Royal, effective immediately. John Valek, former President, and CEO will continue to work at RB Royal in a strategic consulting capacity. We want to thank John for his 27 years of leadership in the company and look forward to his continued involvement.

Since February of this year, Tristian has served as Chief Operating Officer and brings operational and strategic leadership to RB Royal. He previously worked at Rockwell Automation for 18 years, most recently as a Vice President in their Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing organization.

“The RB Royal board and ownership are excited to welcome Tristian to the company. Tristian’s experience holding various senior leadership positions with a Fortune 500 enterprise brings an added dimension to our leadership team and should bode well for the future of our company.”

  • Jim Neumann, Board Chairman

Rounding out the leadership team at RB Royal is CFO/CIO Frank Sonderer, who has been with the company for 12 years.