New Direction At Gaggenau

Gaggenau, the luxury brand for professional-grade home appliances, announces that Simon Richmond has started in his new role as Director of Gaggenau UK.

Simon Richmond succeeds Stephen Brownless as Director of Gaggenau UK and brings with him a wealth of industry experience.

Simon joins Gaggenau from Poggenpohl Group, where he was Managing Director of UK operations since 2012. During this time he was responsible for developing new systems across supply chain, logistics and project management which improved profitability and efficiency.

Prior to this, he was Director of Operations at Poggenpohl, a role he held from 2007 when he joined the Group after spending 14 years with Jewsons. The final three years of his time at Jewsons were in the role of Area Director.

Simon’s responsibilities in the role as Director of Gaggenau UK include continuing the development, growth and success of the brand and its portfolio of products.

Commenting on his new position, Simon said: “I am delighted to be joining BSH, as Director of Gaggenau UK. Having retailed Gaggenau in my previous role, I have seen first-hand what an outstanding product range the brand has to offer. I’m looking forward to working with the team to build on our offering to our customer base.”