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Camping Trade World – Issue 08

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BASE CAMP<br />

MOVERS AND SHAKERS<br />

The who’s who of hires and promotions<br />

Leading German motorhome maker<br />

Carthago is continuing its partnership<br />

with elite pro cyclist Tadej Pogacar. The<br />

23-year-old Slovenian rider collected a<br />

new Carthago c-compactline motorhome<br />

from the one of the company’s factories<br />

in Slovenia to use as his base for training<br />

and racing. German RV and caravan<br />

door manufacturing expert Konrad<br />

Baur has announced an expansion to<br />

its management team with Thomas<br />

Baur-Beyerlin becoming the company’s<br />

new COO. Thomas is the brother of the<br />

company’s current CEO Benjamin Baur<br />

and the son of the founder and CTO<br />

Konrad Baur, further strengthening the<br />

company’s family-run ethos. Another<br />

leading German leisure vehicle producer,<br />

Knaus Tabbert, has appointed Stephan<br />

Petschow as its new head of marketing.<br />

Stephan replaces Christoph Bauer, who<br />

after five years in this role will assume<br />

another key position on the company.<br />

The previous interim head of marketing,<br />

Maximilian Recke, will remain on as<br />

deputy head of marketing to support<br />

Stephan in the new role. Leading<br />

European camping manufacturer Oase<br />

Outdoors ApS, which owns brands<br />

Outwell, Robens and Easy Camp, has<br />

announced that it will have a new CEO<br />

in the shape of Henrik Bernth. Henrik,<br />

who previously served as sales director<br />

for Oase Outdoors before working for<br />

three years as CEO of the Danish Ocean<br />

Textile Group, will take the reins from<br />

Henrik Arens, who is stepping aside<br />

after many years of excellent leadership.<br />

The change is expected to take effect<br />

by 1 August. There have also been<br />

some personnel changes at American<br />

RV components expert Lippert. Julie<br />

Markiewicz has been promoted to the<br />

role of vice president of internal audit<br />

and compliance, while Matthew Johnson<br />

has been named as the new managing<br />

director of Lippert Marine Group Europe.<br />

The company has also promoted Greg<br />

Moeller to the position of vice president<br />

of sales: building products, while Chad<br />

Novak has been promoted to the position<br />

of vice president of sales.<br />

Tell us about your hires and promotions via:<br />

david.guest@dhpub.co.uk

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