Dan Loria has joined Milton Keynes-based cooking appliances distributor Grande Cuisine as its business development manager.
Loria has over 16 years of previous experience including warehousing, operations, sales, and management within the foodservice equipment sector.
Steve Hobbs, managing director of Grande Cuisine, said: "Dan is a welcome addition to the team with a wealth of knowledge in the sector."
Loria will assist in both sales and strategic operations, while also taking on the role as brand manager for Adventys in the UK.
"Steve and I are looking strategically at production innovation, which is a new challenge for me," added Loria.
"I'm really excited to be developing our distributor client base as well as driving the brand strategy for the Adventys' induction cooking equipment range."
The company also supplies brands Athanor and CAPIC.
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