Marais Nel has been appointed as the managing director of Ingersoll Rand South Africa and Country Leader: Compression Technologies and Services from 1 February, 2016.

Nel’s Ingersoll Rand experience includes a five-year period as Regional Sales and Marketing Manager from 2007 to 2012, before serving as South African Managing Director from 2012 to 2014. He then chose to broaden his industry experience outside of the Ingersoll Rand stable for two-years, returning at the beginning of this year with additional skills and expertise.

He describes himself as a family man and enjoys watching rugby and cricket.