Dean O’Connor
Komatsu Forest has appointed Dean O’Connor National Sales Manager for Australia. He will also retain responsibility for Komatsu Forest operations in New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz
Mr O’Connor is an experienced timber industry professional who has been in the industry since the early nineties.
In 1995 he became the Product Support Manager for Timberjack covering the Asia Pacific & South African region and then in 2001 was appointed as the General Manager Waratah in Australia.
Komatsu Forest Australia first recruited Mr O’Connor in early 2004 to look after the international business in SE Asia, South Africa, and New Zealand.
Then in 2006 he took up a company transfer to the USA to set up the new West Coast Attachments Division for Komatsu Forest America and then returned to New Zealand in 2009 where he assumed General Manager’s role for Komatsu Forest in New Zealand.
Mr O’Connor made a company change in late 2015 to become involved with the new innovations in steep slope logging as General Manager at EMS Ltd NZ.
He rejoined the Komatsu group in 2018 with the responsibility of the SouthStar product in the Asia Pacific region shortly after Komatsu acquired the company.
Now with his return to Australia he takes up the National Sales Manager role within the Komatsu Forest Australia organisation.
Mr O’Connor’s many years of hard work is well recognised throughout the industry in both sales and product support both in Australia and New Zealand. Now he looks forward to the many challenges of his new position.
Brenton Yon has stepped down from National Sales Manager’s position after dedicating over 30 years to the role, but he will remain a part of the senior management team assuming responsibility for the growing market of the Aztec – Peterson range of Grinders & Chippers for Australia and New Zealand.
Mr Yon will also support the South Australia and Western Australia sales regions by marketing Komatsu Forest’s full range of forest products while being available for a chat with some of his long term KF clients.
