Lindsay Brooke Joins CSM Worldwide Market Assessment Team

DETROIT, May 8 -- CSM Worldwide, the global leader in providing the automotive industry with market foresight, announced that Lindsay Brooke has been appointed senior manager of the company's Market Assessment team. An acknowledged expert on the automotive industry, Brooke will support market assessment activities for CSM customers with research and custom analysis of automotive industry trends and issues.

"We're excited about Lindsay being a part of CSM because he brings a great deal of experience and leadership, a profound knowledge of the industry, and a level of insight that only time and hard work can produce," said Craig Cather, president and CEO of CSM Worldwide.

Brooke joins CSM Worldwide following 17 years with Automotive Industries magazine, where he covered every facet of car and truck design, engineering and production. Brooke most recently led the magazine as editor-in-chief. During the course of Brooke's 20-year career as a professional automotive journalist, he has garnered a number of awards, including Jesse H. Neal awards from the American Business Press and honors from the Detroit Press Club Foundation.

Brooke, an avid motorcyclist, is also the author of two highly-acclaimed motorcycle history books and is finishing a third title for publication this year.

CSM Worldwide supports more than 250 automotive suppliers with global market intelligence and forecasting services. With corporate offices in Detroit, CSM Worldwide covers the global automotive environment from London, Brussels, Prague, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and New Delhi.