PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) today announced that
David Bersaglini will join the
company as Vice President of Kennametal Inc. and President of the
Metal Cutting segment, effective August 26,
2024. Bersaglini has nearly 25 years of experience and comes
to the company from Copeland, a spin-off of Emerson, where he was
Vice President and General Manager of Global Refrigeration.
"Dave brings a strong track record of success to Kennametal,
with extensive experience leading businesses in the global
industrial space and a proven ability to develop and implement
strategic initiatives," said Sanjay
Chowbey, President and CEO.
Chowbey added, "His valuable commercial expertise, growth
mindset and results orientation make him the ideal choice to lead
the Metal Cutting business. Dave will be instrumental in our
journey to create shareholder value through growth, margin
expansion and a balanced capital allocation strategy."
Bersaglini will serve on the company's Executive Leadership Team
and will report directly to Chowbey, whom he succeeds as President,
Metal Cutting.
About Bersaglini
As President of the Metal Cutting
segment, Bersaglini will be accountable for all aspects of the
global business, including advancing the strategy, driving
operational excellence and delivering profitable growth.
Most recently, Bersaglini was Vice President and General Manager
of Copeland's $1B Global
Refrigeration segment and was responsible for developing and
implementing strategy to deliver long-term profitable growth for
the Americas, Europe and
Asia. In this role, he was also
responsible for manufacturing, global product strategy, engineering
development, sales and marketing. Prior, he managed a
$650M P&L as Vice President and
General Manager, Refrigeration.
Bersaglini joined Emerson in 2001 and progressed through
leadership roles in product management, marketing, sales, strategic
planning and general management before transitioning to Copeland
during the 2023 spin-off. Throughout his tenure with Emerson,
Bersaglini focused on driving value creation through growth by
developing market strategies and new products to deliver
differentiated solutions to end customers. As Vice President,
Marketing and Development he was responsible for the Asia Pacific market and he also held an
enterprise-level leadership role as Vice President, Corporate
Planning.
Bersaglini earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical
engineering and a Master of Business Administration from The Ohio
State University.
About Kennametal
With over 80 years as an
industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers
productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and
wear-resistant solutions. Customers across
aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy,
general engineering and transportation turn
to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and
efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are
helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay
competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1
billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more
at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal:
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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