DAVID STURGES LEAVES COUNTAX
Will continue as AEA President
David Sturges, md of Countax Ltd, vice-president of Ariens international and the current President of the AEA resigned his post last Wednesday (19 November) and has left the company.
At the same time, Ariens issued a statement outlining plans to merge Ariens UK (Countax Ltd) and the Ariens Scandinavia business into a single operating unit, Ariens Europe. Lasse Jonassen has been appointed as managing director for Ariens Europe, and also will assume responsibility for Countax taking over David Sturges md role.
Ariens add that the reorganisation will result in more direct integration with the Ariens team based in Brillion, US.
David Sturges joined Countax as managing director in January 2011, having spent 20 years at Hayter where he became sales director. It is undertstood that his President role at the AEA will be unaffected by this move.
Commenting through the AEA he says, "I will miss working with the great team of people at Great Haseley. Their commitment and dedication to the business, coupled with great products and an excellent dealer network places them in a strong position for the future."
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