Guilford, Conn./USA (WAI) – The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces the appointment of Dominique Perroud as president of the association for a one-year term that commenced on January 1, 2011. Perroud will serve as chairman of the Board of Directors and as the 57th president of the 81-year-old association, which is headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut, and has a subsidiary office in Pune, India. Continuing the efforts of his predecessor, 2010 WAI President Dane Armendariz, Perroud will lead the association’s growth initiatives. Organizational priorities for 2011 include the logistics associated with hosting Interwire 2011and the Global Continuous Casting Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; as well as developing new product and service offerings for WAI’s member and volunteer base, and network of international constituents. Perroud, a WAI member since 2000, has served on the Association’s Board of Directors, its Executive Committee, and on multiple committees and task forces. Currently the CEO of SAMP Shanghai, Perroud oversees the company’s operation and overall business and production activities for China and the Far-East. He has been involved in the wire and cable industry on the machinery supplier side of the business for more than 25 years, and has developed expertise on a wide range of products including extrusion, wiredrawing and bunching equipment. He began his career with Brown Boveri in Baden, Switzerland, now known as ABB, as a project engineer in one of its electrical automation divisions. Since 1981, he has held various positions in engineering and product management for Nokia-Maillefer, both in Switzerland and in the U.S. He joined SAMP in 1997, became managing director of SAMP USA in Williamsport, Maryland, in 1999, and in 2010 was promoted to CEO of SAMP Shanghai. Perroud holds an electrical engineering degree from the ETS School in Fribourg, Switzerland, and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

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