Safilo appoints Henri Blomqvist as global commercial director

By

Dominique Muret

Published
Dec 18, 2013

In this newly-created position, Blomqvist will oversee the group’s commercial operations on a worldwide scale. He will report to newly-appointed CEO, Luisa Delgado.

A Finland native, Henri Blomqvist spent the past 10 years at Procter & Gamble where he was most recently in charge of Braun’s commercial activity. He held several local, regional and international roles covering a variety of countries, including Nordic, parts of Western Europe, Russia, Turkey, the Middle East, Korea and Australia.

“We are very pleased to count on Henri in the Safilo Group Management Team. Henri brings strategic commercial leadership experience. He is thereby well positioned to strengthen Safilo’s commercial capabilities, as we refine our stated sales strategy and in turn differentiate our manufacturing and logistics choices accordingly. This new global leadership role will be crucial in transforming Safilo into a global company that leverages worldwide synergies effectively, while preserving local entrepreneurship”, said Luisa Delgado, chief executive officer of Safilo.