Buoyed by a recent organizational re-structure including the
appointment of two new Country Manager's for its Australian and New
Zealand operations and the establishment of Polaris New Zealand as
a stand-alone entity, Polaris Industries today announced the
appointment of two industry stalwarts to further strengthen its
management team in Australia.
Well known industry identity and current ATV Manager for the
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Cameron Cuthill,
will be joining Polaris in the early stages of 2015 in the role of
Executive Director – Government Relations,
whilst seasoned motorcycle industry executive, Simon Gloyne, will
take on the role of Marketing Manager for Polaris's off-road
vehicle division in Australia commencing next week.
Cuthill is well-known as a seasoned campaigner in the motorcycle
industry, most recently in the pivotal industry role of ATV Manager
for the FCAI and prior to that as Manager of Polaris-owned Victory
Motorcycles. He also had lengthy stints at BMW and Honda
Motorcycles in a number of executive roles and is one of only three
people in Australia to hold the highest ATV instructor
qualification.
Cuthill's key responsibilities will focus around corporate
governance, legislation, compliance and broader industry issues,
with a key focus on recreational registration, land access and ATV
and side x side safety issues.
Gloyne has been an industry stalwart during a 30-year career in
the motorcycle and automotive industries, with the past 11 spent as
Brand Mananger at Peter Stevens Importers managing brands such as
Hyosung, Vespa and Piaggio. Most recently, however, he has managed
the Arctic Cat brand through their launch into the Australian
market.
His outstanding experience base is complemented with previous
roles as Projects Manager for Monza Imports, National Marketing
Manager for Honda Motorcycles, Dealer Manager for Harley Davidson
and a range of both sales and aftersales roles with Saab, Daihatsu
and Honda.
These appointments come on the back of the recent announcement
of Perry Morison as Country Manager for Polaris in Australia, and
Alan Collins as Country Manager for the Polaris, Victory and Indian
brands in New Zealand.
"We are in the process of building the best team ever assembled
in our industry," said Polaris Australia & New Zealand Managing
Director, Peter Alexander. "We have the best products, and we are
now hand picking the best people to drive the growth of Polaris
over both the short and long term."
"As we've seen with Sportsman ACE, our 15 models with Roll-Over
Protection, our phenomenal range of Lock & Ride accessories and
the recent launch of Indian Motorcycles, the innovation of Polaris
is astounding and we are building the best possible team to manage
all aspects of our business as we continue to grow and offer more
and more options for our customers.
"Just recently we appointed Perry Morrison and Alan Collins to
head up our respective Australian and New Zealand businesses, and
we are delighted to now welcome the enormous experience base and
skill sets offered by Cameron Cuthill and Simon Gloyne to support
this new structure," Alexander said.
This announcement comes on the back of a stellar period of
growth for Polaris in both Australia and New Zealand, with the US
powersports giant posting year-to-date growth of 34.1 percent in
Australia and 35.5 percent in New Zealand versus the same period
last year.
Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with
a market capitalization of $10.5 billion. Polaris designs,
engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality
off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and
the Polaris RANGER ® side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles,
motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles.
Polaris continues to innovate at a rate of knots, whether that
be creating new market segments such as ACE, rolling out a range of
Indian Motorcycles just 27 months after purchasing a company which
had been dormant for decades, developing a range of 15 models with
ROPS that no other brand can match, or innovating the world's
largest range of accessories to bolt on and off its products in
seconds.
Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol "PII", and the Company is included in the S&P
Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.
For more information or to locate your nearest dealer, please
visit www.polarisindustries.com.au
Media Contact:
Robert Rosengarten
Marketing Specialist - Off Road Vehicles
Polaris Industries | Australia & New Zealand
E: robert.rosengarten@polaris.com