Safilo Appoints Andrea Zaffin New Commercial Head IMEA

Wednesday, January 9 2019 | 10 h 20 min | News

Safilo appoints Andrea Zaffin as Commercial Head IMEA, effective January 2019. In his role, Andrea will spearhead the company’s business in India, Middle East and South Africa and will report to AngeloTrocchia, Safilo Group’s CEO. Andrea will be based in Dubai.

Andrea spent over 15 years at Luxottica setting up the subsidiary in Dubai and building the business throughout the MEA region, thanks to his ability to work closely with distributors and creating with them strong partnerships. More recently, Andrea has worked with Italia Independent in a consultancy capacity with responsibility for the Middle East, Africa & India.

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