Tombow Pen & Pencil GmbH is on course for further expansion and has appointed Åse Thelander to the position of Export Manager, from January 1.

Åse Thelander has 13 years of professional experience in international companies. In addition to other roles, she has worked at IKEA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in brand marketing and was responsible for catalogue creation for franchise countries at Inter IKEA Sweden. At Jack Wolfskin GmbH & Co KGaA she was in charge of domestic and foreign store and franchise support as Project Manager Marketing. She has also worked at Spectrum Brands, where she held the position of Head of Trade Marketing CEEMEA for the brand Remington.

“In Ms Thelander we have found the perfect person for the position of Export Manager”, says Udo Peters, Managing Director of Tombow Pen & Pencil GmbH. “Thanks to her many years of experience and her extensive specialist knowledge of international consumer goods marketing, she is extremely well qualified to implement our plan of continuing to drive forward the Tombow brand on the European market.”