Andrew Parkin

Biography

Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Hydraulics Andrew joined the group in 2001 as State Manager Queensland, for Engineered Products Group (EPG) until 2006, where he was appointed Branch Manager for the Rocklea operation of Pacific Hydraulics. In September 2010 Andrew was appointed to the Queensland State Managers role where he was responsible for the four Pacific Queensland Branches, and was also appointed to the Pacific Hydraulics Executive Committee. In July 2013 he became Chief Executive Officer for Pacific Hydraulics. Previous to this he started his sales and management career in the Fluid Power industry with Parker Hannifin in 1986 as a Territory Manager in Victoria. From there he worked for Integrated Hydraulics and Sophus Berendsen as a Sales engineer in Victoria, then in 1999 he moved to Queensland as Sales Manager for the Brisbane Sophus Berendsen operation. He was in that position when Sophus Berendsen was sold and became Berendsen Fluidpower in 2000, and continued in that role until starting at EPG. Andrew has built a highly successful career in the fluid power industry, which can be attributed to his extensive hands-on experience gained over 25 years. 

Research Interest

 physics