Global Brand Marketing, Inc. appointed Sam Ward to Senior Vice President of Operations. In this position, Mr. Ward will be responsible for leading the global operations strategy and will continue to improve the efficiencies in all operation and technology functions.

“Capitalizing on GBMI’s strong product and marketing base, Sam will now work to strengthen the company’s internal operations, inventory management and global distribution and logistics,” said Killick Datta, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Brand Marketing, Inc. “Sam is an excellent addition to the GBMI team and will greatly help us run a very efficient organization to better service all our customers worldwide. GBMI now needs to enhance its operational infrastructure and efficiencies to help GBMI to continue its fast growth.”

Mr. Ward brings over 20 years of experience in operations with broad-based industry knowledge and a proven ability to drive growth, profitability and cash flow through improvements in commercial practices, organizational alignment and operating efficiency. Before joining GBMI, Mr. Ward served as Senior Vice President Operations and Technology at Saucony, Inc. Previously, he was a senior manager at Arthur Andersen, Business Consulting Group and prior to that he served as a senior operations manager at General Electric Company.

Mr. Ward will be based out of GBMI’s corporate office in Santa Barbara, CA and reporting to CEO Killick Datta