Grohe has appointed Matt Brown as UK leader on July 1, 2021. He succeeds Simon Andersen who has moved to a new position at Grohe’s HQ in Germany.
Brown was the former leader of finance for Grohe UK and started at the company in 2018. Before that he had a range of top positions in commercial finance, financial planning and strategy and has held previous roles within leading FMCG corporations such as H J Heinz.
Commenting on his appointment, Brown said: “I am very excited about moving into the role of leading the UK business. Simon has done a great job over the past two years and has established a strong platform for continued future growth. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues, partners and customers on building momentum and taking the UK business‘ growth from strength to strength as we look set to continue emerging from the pandemic over the coming months.”
Andersen become head of Grohe UK in September 2019. Before that he had previous positions in the Nordics region of the business. He has lead the team during the pandemic and Brown will continue his work.
Taking over from Brown’s former role is Tej Sehmi, who has been promoted internally from financial controller for GROHE UK following almost eight years with the company.
Rogier van Dis, leader north west Europe, Grohe LIXIL EMENA said: “I am very pleased to announce Matt Brown as the new Leader for GROHE in the UK. With his broad experience and having been part of the UK business management team for approaching three years, I have full confidence Matt will be successful in leading the business to even greater heights.
“Of course, we are saddened to lose Simon from the UK team but wish him all the best in his future endeavours as he takes on new challenges within our global team as Leader, activation markets and channels, LIXIL EMENA. Simon has truly been remarkable whilst leading our UK business, delivering against our transformational journey and ensuring the foundation is set in order to support our new commercial Strategy. As a friend and as a colleague I thank Simon for his hard work and commitment to the UK business and most of all the UK team.”