GRAF Canada Ltd., a manufacturer of hockey skates, hockey equipment and professional figure skates, announced the appointment of Dave Smallwood as vice president of US sales and marketing The Graf Canada corporate headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta. Smallwood will workout of his office in Vermont.
Smallwood will bring over 30 years of sporting goods industry experience and this valued knowledge and success in the industry will play an integral role in the momentum and growth of Graf especially in his areas of focus; the United States, Mexico and South America During his extensive career, Smallwood occupied leadership positions at Micron USA, Karhu USA Inc (Jofa, Titan, Koho, Canadien and Heaton), Itech Sports Products, Mission-Itech Hockey and Torspo Hockey.
Claude Lemieux, Chairman of the Board of GRAF Canada Ltd, states that “It is pleasure to welcome Dave Smallwood as part of our Team. Having an experienced, quality individual and team player of Dave’s caliber onboard will unquestionably help us reach our goals and potential. The addition of Dave Smallwood will permit us to closer identify the distinctive needs of our Key Customers and penetrate markets that demonstrate significant growth potential for the company.”
John Pagotto, Graf Canada Ltd Executive VP of Sales and Marketing said in welcoming Dave, “We will work closely together as he will play a key role in the development and positioning of key strategies for our Product Line and Marketing Direction for the Year 2012 and beyond.”
