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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