Alessandro Pirotta, Managing Director South Europe passes the baton to Giovanni Battaglia.
Giovanni has an Economics Degree and has been working in the Sherwin-Williams organization since 1989. He comes well prepared for the role of South Europe Senior Commercial Director.
He has covered many important roles in our General Industrial sales organization in the domestic and export markets, including Italy Distribution Sales Director and Export Sales Director.
Alessandro will retire at the end of 2019 and has worked with the company since 2003. He was appointed Managing Director in 2006, successfully leading the company through challenging periods including the 2009 market crisis.
Sherwin-Williams wishes Alessandro all the best and to enjoy the next stage in his life.
We wish success for Giovanni in his new role and rest assured that he will meet the new market challenges, rising to customer expectations and support the commercial teams in future projects as we strive to provide the best products, service and customer experience.