Sigma Sport welcomes new Managing Director Andre Bachmann
Andre Bachmann joined the management team of SIGMA-Elektro GmbH on June 1. In his new position as managing director, he will be responsible for sales and marketing, as well as commercial issues.
Andre Bachmann has extensive experience in the sports and bicycle industry. As the long-standing managing director of New Wave GmbH, the 54-year-old brings with him extensive know-how in the areas of strategic business development, marketing and sales.
Bachmann was mainly responsible for the Craft brand, which is well-known in cycling and other sports. Here, Bachmann was in charge of German sales and was also responsible for the brand’s strategy in various working groups within the group.
“We are very pleased to have been able to attract Andre Bachmann to our company,” said SIGMA Managing Director Robin Schendel. “He is an outstanding executive with many years of experience in the sports industry and bicycle sector. For SIGMA, this appointment is an important step to re-establish and further strengthen the company with the goal of internationalizing sales and marketing, and to even better tap the potential in this area.”
“SIGMA is well known for most cycling enthusiasts and so it is for me. I bought my first road bike with a SIGMA computer in 2000 and have been using SIGMA products ever since,” said Andre Bachmann. “I am very happy to be a part of the team and to continue writing the successful history of SIGMA.”
