Walter Surface Technologies names Mexico GM

Monterrey, Mexico – Walter Surface Technologies has named Pablo Rivero Torres as general manager for Walter Mexico.

Torres will report directly to Pierre Somers, chairman and CEO of Walter and will be responsible for continuing to drive growth and expansion for Walter in the region.

"Mr. Torres is a seasoned leader with demonstrated ability in consistently delivering results. His background and experience is perfectly aligned with Walter's goal of delivering leading edge innovations to market - and in so doing - helping our customers work better," Somers states.

Effective immediately Torres will have general management responsibility for sales, marketing, operations, and services in Mexico. He will be focused in aligning and prioritizing the company's investments in the territory and ensuring operational excellence.

"The Mexican market presents tremendous growth opportunity for Walter's high-performance abrasives, power tools, and tooling, as well as the company's environmentally safe Bio-Circle industrial cleaning products and solutions," states Torres. "Mexico's industrial base continues to strengthen and customers are demanding the quality products that Walter brings to market."

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Torres has worked for over 14 years in management roles with international and national manufacturing companies. He has extensive experience with industrial distributors and has worked as a buyer and in direct sales roles with customers from a variety of industries.

Torres is fluent in Spanish and English having lived for many years in the U.S. He holds a Bachelors degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad Regiomontana, in addition to a Masters in business management from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

Source: Walter Surface Technologies