Beyerdynamic has announced the appointment of Kamal Mahtani who will lead Beyerdynamic Asia in Singapore as director of sales and marketing. The position has been newly created and Mahtani’s job will be to maintain relationships with beyerdynamic’s 14 partners and encourage sales in the region. He will commence his new role as of December 1, 2015.
Mahtani joins beyerdynamic after three highly successful years as director of Klotz Cable in Singapore. He gained great expertise in the audio sector as a result of the different positions he held, establishing sales and marketing strategies for brands like Mackie, Fostex and Rhode microphones in the Asia Pacific.
Mahtani will report directly to Robert Winterhoff, managing director for sales and marketing of beyerdynamic GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. Winterhoff commented: “For us, the Asia Pacific is important regions for incremental growth. The MI business – as well as the headphones and conference technology business – has been growing rapidly for years now. The challenges for us in the business are exciting and the diversity this region has to offer is amazing. For that reason, we rely on know-how that comes directly from this region to unlock its full potential. In Mr. Mahtani, I believe we have secured the best candidate as a key enabler for the business in the APAC market.â€
Mahtani said: “I am excited to work with beyerdynamic and to market their premium headphones and audio system products in the Asia Pacific region. There are still so many opportunities in these sectors of the audio industry and I am fortunate to join a respected German company which is considered to build high-end audio technology and also to support its growth.â€