Eduardo Martin (pictured) has been appointed president of Dormer Pramet, a division within Sandvik Machining Solutions, and will take up the role on 1 February 2022, replacing Stefan Steenstrup, who became president of Seco Tools in October.

For the last six years, Eduardo has been senior vice-president – head of global sales at Sandvik Coromant and has had a long and distinguished career at the company. He joined in 1988 as a programmer of electronic grinding machines and has worked in the USA, Sweden, Italy and Spain holding several key senior roles, including managing director of Spain and Portugal, as well as heading up Market Area Americas.

A Spanish national, he has a technical engineering degree and an executive masters in business and administration.

Mr Martin said: “I am delighted to be appointed president of Dormer Pramet. This is a wonderful organisation to join, with a huge amount of experience and knowledge across the metalworking industry. It is an extremely exciting period in the company’s history, with strong growth ambitions for the next few years. I cannot wait to start working with our teams and customers around the world.”

Filippo Mauri will lead the Dormer Pramet team until February before returning to his role as vice-president of mergers and acquisitions.