As of April 3, North American President, Matt Nuijens, will be stepping down and leaving Husqvarna after a short transition period. With this change, Andreas Rangert, current President of Husqvarna's emerging markets and Pacific business unit will assume leadership of the North American business immediately. Andreas is relocating to the United States and will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Andreas has more than 25 years of experience in the Husqvarna Group spanning many different roles from R&D, Product and Category management, Sales & Service to most recently leading the Emerging Markets & Pacific Business Unit within Husqvarna Forest & Garden, which covers the mature markets in the Pacific and emerging markets in Latin America, Central America, Africa, Middle East, Asia.