NORTH AMERICA. Paradies Lagardère has announced a key senior management change and a new role for Executive Vice President Gerry Savaria.
John Cugasi, who is Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning and Business Development, will become Business Development consultant from 21 March. He will be relocating to Florida, a “personal long term goal”.
Savaria will assume Cugasi’s responsibilities in Planning and Development in addition to his role co-leading the integration of the new company.
Paradies Lagardère President & CEO Gregg Paradies said: “John is a highly respected and trusted leader both within our company and the industry as a whole, and his contributions to the growth and success of Paradies Lagardère are truly immeasurable. I am very pleased that he will be staying on in a consulting role and contributing significantly to Paradies Lagardère’s position as the travel retail and restaurateur industry leader in North America.”
Paradies added: “I know that Gerry will do a great job in his expanded role as he has a tremendous amount of experience in this vital function and a great team with which to work.”
