Stork Prints America appoints new executive vice president

Danny Sheikh has been appointed executive vice president of Stork Prints America. Sheikh moves from Stork Prints Pakistan where, as managing director since 2001, he helped the company in the textile printing market.

Before this, Sheikh was executive director of Stork Prints IBI (Pvt) Ltd, a position he held since joinding the Stork Group after completing his Master of Business Administration degree, at Ashridge Bussiness School in Berkhamsted, United Kingdom.

Reporting to Wilfried Koopman, the managing director of Stork Prints global group based in the Netherlands, Sheikh heads a team of 48 other employees. He replaces Gene Profitt, who moves to head the flexo division at Charlotte. Sheikh will be responsible for developing the strategy for growth, and helping increase the significance of Stork’s technological innovations in laser engraving and rotary screen printing to the label, packaging and textile markets across the USA, Canadia and Mexico.

Koopman said, ‘With Danny and Gene’s successful track record, tremendous industry insight and outstanding team leadership skills, we have a strong management team, which places us well to drive our growth in North America.’