Trucking Announcements: Wessels named CFO at Torc; VPs hired at Di-Mond, Harbor Logistics Each week, trucknews.com lists notable events, promotions and awards in the trucking industry. This week, Torc Robotics named Tobias Wessels its chief financial officer (CFO) and Phillips 66 appointed Greg Hayes as lead independent director. Di-Mond Trailers and Truck Bodies has hired Dave Steane vice president of sales, while Harbor Logistics welcomed two new members to its leadership team, adding Park Williams as senior vice president of sales, and Jeff Martin as vice president of transportation. Torc Robotics names Wessels as CFO Torc Robotics has named Tobias Wessels as CFO as the company continues preparing for commercial deployment of Level 4 autonomous trucks in the U.S., according to a news release. He brings more than 20 years of financial and operational leadership experience across the autonomous vehicle, AI and technology sectors. Before joining Torc, Wessels served as chief development officer at Helm.ai, where he oversaw finance, corporate development and international expansion efforts, including partnerships with Volkswagen Group. He also previously served as chief corporate development officer at autonomous delivery company Udelv and earlier worked as CFO of X, Alphabet’s moonshot development division, where he helped support projects that later evolved into Waymo. “Tobias brings a rare combination of deep technical understanding and financial rigor, shaped by experience at the forefront of autonomy and AI,” said Peter Vaughan Schmidt, CEO of Torc. “As we continue to scale our operations, his leadership will be instrumental in strengthening our financial strategy, enhancing operational discipline, and positioning Torc for long-term success.” Phillips 66 appoints lead independent director Greg Hayes has been appointed as lead independent director of Phillips 66’s board of directors, the company announced after the retirement of Glenn Tilton and Marna Whittington from the board. Hayes succeeds Tilton, who
Trucking Announcements: Wessels named CFO at Torc; VPs hired at Di-Mond, Harbor Logistics
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