"I relish this opportunity to continue the Infiniti success story in this region. The Middle East is now firmly established as a global centre of gravity for many of the world's foremost luxury brands and Infiniti will differentiate itself from its competitors by delivering not only outstanding products that are great to drive, but also a Total Ownership Experience that will delight our customers."
he commented.
Barthes, aged 33 and a French national, comes to the region from Infiniti's head office in Rolle, Switzerland where he previously held the position of Project Manager overseeing the brand's on-going roll-out across European markets. Prior to this he completed several sales and marketing roles for Nissan Europe and before this he worked with Ford and Jaguar in France.
Speaking for parent company Nissan Middle East FZE, Managing Director Atsuo Kosaka commented: "I would like to thank Abhijeet Pandit for all his dedication and hard work in establishing the Infiniti brand in the Middle East. With many new exciting products to launch in FY2010, Antoine will be hitting the ground running as we ambitiously look to grow the Infiniti footprint across our region. Nissan Motor Company places great focus on the Middle East and Antoine's appointment is a direct reflection of this."
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