Hansgrohe said that Nicolas Grohe, who has served its North American operations for nearly 10 years, most recently as director of marketing and product development, will return to Europe this summer to work at Hansgrohe headquarters.

One of four grandsons of company founder Hans Grohe, he has spent the last 20 years learning the business. Grohe spearheaded the development of the Axor Design Studio partnership program which includes an extended program involving the industry associations, ASID and AIA, and rich and informative programming and CEU training at the ADS locations.

In addition to overseeing initiatives targeting Hansgrohe’s sales and distribution partners, he established programs for the contractor community and wholesale counters.