Former Sony and Negociants chief Martin McManus has just been announced as Breville's new GM for NZ.

Breville has just announced that Martin McManus (right) has been appointed to the position of General Manager of Breville New Zealand.

As predicted, the new country GM role replaces the MD function fulfilled by Brett O'Neill for many years.

Martin McManus brings both significant senior management experience and in-depth knowledge of the industry to the role.

Having spent the last two years as GM at wine distributor Negociants NZ, before this he was 17+ years at Sony, latterly as NZ Country Manager and Australasian Marketing Director.

He joins Breville on 7 February.

Check out Martin's full CV here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinpmcmanus/