ANCA has announced the appointment of Gavin Smith as Chairman of its Board, effective 1 January 2026. The move comes as the company continues to advance its strategy of enabling customers to achieve higher profitability through quality, innovation, and performance.
Smith brings extensive global experience spanning engineering, advanced manufacturing, and technology-driven organisations. He has had a long-standing career with Bosch, most recently serving as President of Bosch Oceania.
In addition to his executive leadership background, Smith has served on multiple public and private company boards, contributing strong governance expertise and strategic oversight. His appointment is expected to further strengthen ANCA’s leadership as it focuses on driving sustainable growth and delivering value to customers worldwide.
At ANCA, everything we do is focused on helping our customers to achieve higher profitability by producing the highest quality tools at the lowest total cost per tool. Through advanced, vertically integrated technology – including precision hardware, intelligent software, automation, and in-process measurement – ANCA delivers consistent, repeatable outcomes from the first tool to the thousandth. This strategy is driven by close collaboration with customers to ensure innovations address real production challenges and deliver measurable improvements in performance, efficiency, and reliability.
As global market conditions continue to evolve, our priorities remain clear:
- Helping you consistently produce the highest quality tools
- Developing customer-driven technology that reduces cost per tool
- ontinuing to invest in our global sales and service teams so we can support you locally
- Maintaining uncompromising standards of quality, reliability, and precision
- aking disciplined, long-term investments that create sustainable value for our customers
With Gavin’s strategic and operational experience, we’re even better positioned to execute on this focus on delivering solutions that improve customer performance and long-term competitiveness.
