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Lars Pasedag Appointed COO of Krone North America

Krone announces the appointment of Lars Pasedag to the newly created position of chief operating officer for Krone North America. In this role, Pasedag will oversee sales, marketing and service.

Starting his journey with Krone in 2003, Pasedag was a service technician for export markets in Germany. He moved to Australia in 2005 and joined Kubota Australia, where he took responsibility for marketing, product management and sales of Krone Agriculture, Kubota Construction, Implements, Great Plains and Landpride products. Pasedag led the product team at Kubota Australia until early 2022. In August 2022, he re-joined Krone Agriculture as sales manager for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.

As part of the leadership team, Pasedag will report to the board of directors at the Krone Group.

Source : Farm Equipment

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