Former Pure Fishing exec appointed Mustad interim CEO

Former Pure Fishing Managing Director Europe Middle East & Asia (EMEA), Grant Ottignon-Harris has been appointed Interim CEO of Mustad.

He took on the role last month according to a post on his Linkedin page. For the last five years he has worked at Otaris Business Consulting, a company he set up following his departure from Pure Fishing where he worked for its two previous owners, Newell Brands and the Jarden Corporation before its acquisition by private equity group, Sycamore Partnership.

Ottignon-Harris was Key Account Manager with drinks giant Coca-Cola before moving into the fishing and outdoor leisure industry with the Farlows Group, owner of the prestigious and world famous Pall Mall, London, store, where he rose to Group Managing Director before joining the world’s largest fishing tackle supplier as Regional Director UK & South Africa in January 2011.

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