Dental News - Straumann announces leadership succession plan

Straumann

Thu. 17. January 2019

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BASEL, Switzerland: Straumann recently announced that, at the beginning of 2020, Marco Gadola will hand over his responsibilities as CEO to Guillaume Daniellot, current Executive Vice President of Sales North America. Gadola is expected to remain with the company as a member of the board of directors. Daniellot joined Straumann in 2007 and currently heads the group’s large North American region. He has been a member of the executive management team for the past five years.

Straumann has invested significantly in career and personal development programmes in recent years, and the board of directors has been working on key succession plans for some time—including that of the CEO, because Gadola expressed the wish to complete his term of office in 2020.

During Gadola’s tenure as CEO, Straumann has doubled its revenue and more than doubled its profits and workforce. Over the same period, the value of the company has increased by more than a factor of five. These achievements are due to a strong team of talented leaders and devoted employees, who have been inspired by Gadola’s energy, entrepreneurism and focus on building a high-performance organisation.

Daniellot shares these and other attributes. For the past three years, he has led Straumann’s North American business, which generates almost 30 per cent of the company’s revenue and more than a third of its growth. Over the same period, the region’s organic revenue growth accelerated from 8 per cent to 19. In previous roles, he successfully headed the large western Europe region, the global digital dentistry business and the French country organisation. Having worked in senior managerial positions in the dental industry for 18 years, Daniellot has exceptional technical and commercial knowledge. This together with his integrity, leadership style and passion for Straumann have won him the respect of his peers, colleagues and customers. He is 48, French and holds degrees in physics, marketing and business administration.

“We are delighted that we can fill this position internally with an exceptional individual who has a proven leadership track record in our two largest regions,” said Gilbert Achermann, chairman of the board. “With an entrepreneurial management team, strong business growth, a full pipeline and an exciting international roll-out programme, we are fortunate to make this transition in a position of strength. We are all deeply grateful to Marco Gadola for his part in achieving this and I am particularly glad that he will continue to contribute as a member of the board.”

Daniellot’s successor as Head of Sales in North America will be announced in due course.

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