• Feight, president of DAF, elevated to Paccar executive VP

    Will be relocating back to the United States
    Sept. 25, 2018

    Paccar Inc. has promoted Preston Feight to executive vice president. He was most recently a Paccar vice president, and also president of DAF Trucks since April 2016.

    DAF is the European arm of Paccar, parent company of Peterbilt Motors and Kenworth Trucks

    Feight, who has been living in Europe, told Fleet Owner during the IAA Commercial Vehicles show he will be relocating back to the Seattle area. Paccar’s corporate headquarters building is located in Bellevue, WA.

    In his new role, he will have oversight responsibility for DAF, as well as Paccar Parts.

    Harry Wolters has been promoted to the new president of DAF. David Danforth is currently the global general manager for Paccar Parts. 

    Feight has held numerous roles with Paccar in his 20 years with the company, including general manager of Kenworth in 2015.

    At IAA, DAF displayed a wide variety of trucks, including the LF Electric and CF Electric.

    About the Author

    Neil Abt

    Neil Abt is a former FleetOwner editor who wrote for the publication from 2017 to 2020. He was editorial director from 2018 to 2020.

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