Whirlpool Corporation also announced today that Vice Chairman Michael A. Gallen Graduate School of Business, Economics and Law in Switzerland. Bitzer earned both his MBA and doctorate from the St. He became Senior Vice President of Marketing Sales and Services for Whirlpool Europe in 2000, and was named President of Whirlpool Europe in January 2006.īefore joining Whirlpool Europe, Bitzer worked for eight years at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich and Toronto, and was named vice president in 1999.

Bitzer joined Whirlpool Europe in 1999 as Vice President, of the company's Bauknecht brand group. Prior to this assignment, he served as president of Whirlpool North America (NAR) and Whirlpool Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

During the past year he and our European team have done an excellent job in integrating our major acquisition in Europe.'įettig further said, 'I have great confidence in Marc's ability to lead our global operations in driving both growth and value creation across our operations and advancing the company's strategy with our global leadership team.'īitzer was named vice chairman in November 2014, with accountability for the company's North American and European businesses.

Marc has consistently demonstrated that he is an outstanding leader who has delivered strong results in his previous roles in both North America and Europe. Fettig said, 'Marc is an exceptional leader at Whirlpool Corporation with broad global experiences and unique qualifications to assume his new position.

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