ECHO Power Equipment Canada Announces General Manager Promotion

Apr 07, 2017

Ed Zynomirski, Vice President of Sales for ECHO Incorporated, is pleased to announce that Michelle Wagter has accepted the position of General Manager of ECHO Power Equipment Canada. In her new role Michelle will lead our London, Ontario head office management team and additionally will be directly responsible for the financial operations of our company. Michelle officially assumed her new role as of March 28, 2017.

Michelle joined ECHO Power Equipment Canada in November of 2010 as Director of Finance and has been instrumental in strategic planning and the development and implementation of key initiatives designed to create efficiencies in our business model and deliver added VIP service to our customers.

Upon Michelle’s acceptance of her new position, Ed Zynomirski commented: “Michelle is extremely familiar with the unique challenges we face as a distributor of outdoor power equipment and the Canadian marketplace. With over 23 years of experience in financial analysis and project management I am confident she can lead our team to realize our goals of growth and profitability for Canada.”

Source : ECHO

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