CHG-MERIDIAN USA Corp. announced the appointment of DJ DiMarco as its new Executive Vice President of Sales—North America. Dirk Matura, now former head of sales of the American subsidiary, will be returning to Europe to take on a new managerial role in 2015 after launching and managing the US business for the past five years.

“DJ DiMarco fits perfectly into our U.S. team with his comprehensive know-how in the leasing industry and his experience across IT and healthcare industries, which becomes more important to CHG-MERIDIAN’s role as a technology manager”, says Dr. Mathias Wagner, member of the Board of Management at CHG-MERIDIAN AG and Chief Sales Officer International (CSO).

Mr. DiMarco will head up the North American sales team and – in conjunction with John Sandoval, Executive Vice President and co-general manager,– will be responsible for generating further profitable growth in the region. DiMarco joins most recently from Macquarie Equipment Finance, where he successfully managed the US healthcare sales organization, as well as, coordinating their global healthcare industry efforts which will lend to CHG-MERIDIAN’s market expansion strategies. He previously held senior management roles at Agilent Technologies, Dell Computer and GE Capital. DiMarco will report directly to Dr. Mathias Wagner.