Legrand has announced the appointment of Pam Hoppel as President of Legrand | AV, and part of the Legrand, North and Central America (LNCA) CEO Executive Committee. In this position, she will drive all aspects of the AV business, including increasing customer satisfaction, operational excellence, sales, and market share growth.
Prior to joining Legrand, Hoppel held various leadership positions at Delta Faucet Company where, most recently as vice president of trade, she built and implemented both the trade and international vision as well as the strategy to deliver profitable above-market sales growth and margin expansion.
Before her role as vice president of trade, Hoppel led the retail business as vice president, during which time Delta Faucet Company was named The Home Depot Marketing Partner of the Year, a company first. She was also president and general manager for Kidde, one of America’s largest manufacturers of smoke alarms and fire safety products. There, she led profitable growth by setting the global business strategy for the company; specifically leading all sales, marketing, and communications along with five global distribution and manufacturing facilities, two regionalized contact centres, and a global engineering centre.
“Pam’s background outside of AV brings an open-minded perspective to help the organization move to the next level of innovation and growth,” says John Selldorff, President and CEO, Legrand, North and Central America. “She’s a very commercially oriented person who understands customers, markets, the importance of service, and managing complexity. I’m excited to have her join the company.”