Daniel Faesser is to succeed Thomas Klumpp as managing director of Ferag Australia next month.

He moves to the Sydney-based post from Singapore, where he has headed sister company WRH Marketing Asia for the past four years.

He gained experience at the group’s headquarters in Switzerland over the last 20 years before moving to Singapore, where his focus was South East Asia and greater China.

Faesser (pictured) says he is looking forward to establishing a close relationship with business partners in the “interesting” Australia/New Zealand market: “Serving it and remaining a stable and reliable partner to this industry is of top priority,” he says.

Ferag Australia has a staff of 30 in four centres, representing Ferag and a wide range of graphic arts machinery and consumables.

 “With the new products to be launched at DRUPA, Ferag will provide publishers with even more tools to effectively process their work load and at the same time allows them to opt for additional revenue streams,” he says.

Klumpp takes up a new role in Switzerland in April, and thanked customers and colleagues for their cooperation and “incredible support” over recent years: “To work in this market was a great privilege and I look forward to seeing you in the future in Europe or here in Australia/New Zealand,” he says.