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Grant Turner

Grant Turner started his Transport Refrigeration apprenticeship at Refrigerated Roadways. His career with Thermo King began in 2000 at Spectra, the former QLD dealer.

In 2003 when QTK Group acquired Spectra, Grant joined the team and progressively worked his way up through the business. In 2006 he became the Service Supervisor and unanimously was appointed Service Manager in 2011. In 2007 Grant was also awarded the Youth Award by NATRoads.

In 2015, the Directors appointed Grant as General Manager as a result of his comprehensive operational and industry knowledge, exceptional customer relations, systematic methodology and leadership attributes.

Since his appointment, Grant has guided QTK Group through national Bus HVAC expansions and really focused to train and develop staff, ensuring customer expectations and experiences are always satisfied.

In February 2023, Grant was appointed the position of CEO.

Gary Johnson

Starting his career as a diesel fitter, Gary has worked his way up into service manager roles in the heavy earth moving equipment and commercial vehicles industries, including a large Caterpillar dealer.

Operation of his own businesses have also played a part in his successful career.
Commencing in 2019 as the Operations Manager, Gary has brought extensive knowledge and experience to his role at QTK Group. Gary was tasked with leading the business through cultural and system changes to ensure QTK Group remain the market leaders following industry and consumer trends.

In February 2023, Gary was appointed the position of COO.

QTK Director Wayne Taylor

Allan Lowes

Commencing his career in the transport refrigeration and air-conditioning industry, Allan has transitioned through service and operations departments until ultimately moving into commercial roles while at Carrier Transicold in the decade of 2010, where he became the National Sales Manager for their bus product at the time.

Through other roles, Allan has gained experience in the oil and gas sector with a diploma in Project Management, leading day-to-day operations and customer service experience strategy for Titan.

Joining QTK in 2016, Allan took on the role of QLD Bus Sales Manager, until migrating into a newly developed Customer Solutions position in 2019. Success in this role with national and state level contracts, aftermarket projects and uplift in customer experiences has seen Allan promoted to Customer Solutions Manager in 2022 leading the delivery of the Bus and Coach product and solutions nationally.

Since mid-2024, Allan now oversees the delivery of end-to-end product and customer solutions strategy for QTK Group’s entire product line with his team of representatives.

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2018 Thermo King Service Managers Conference in Prague

2018 Thermo King Service Managers Conference in Prague

In March 2018 the beautiful city of Prague in Czech Republic hosted the Themo King Service Managers Conference. Delegates from Thermo King dealerships throughout the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific get together to share the experience and keep up to date with all the latest industry news.

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