LVMH announced the appointment of Aldo Magada as President and CEO of Zenith. He takes over from Jean- Frédéric Dufour, who was recently appointed General Manager outside the Group. Magada, who will take up his new position on 1 July 2014, started in the watch industry in 1984 with Swatch and later with Piaget and Omega where he was Product and Marketing Director alongside Jean-Claude Biver between 1994 and 1998. In 2000 he became President of Gucci TimePieces . Between 2002 and 2009, he led TechnoMarine, Reuge and Badollet, before founding a consulting company, earning the recognition and trust of several key players in the watch industry. Since 2010, he has been International Sales & Business Development Director at Breitling. Jean-Claude Biver said that Aldo will ensure Zenith's continued success in the coming years.
