Mohawk Industries, Inc. announced that Wim Messiaen will join the Company on October 16, 2023, following the completion of his contractual notice, and will succeed Bernard Thiers as president of the Company’s Flooring Rest of the World segment effective February 1, 2024. Mr. Thiers will continue in a senior advisory role after February 1 to ensure a successful transition of the business and its strategies. Since 2009, Mr. Thiers has led Mohawk’s Flooring Rest of the World segment.
For the past five years, Mr. Messiaen has served as CEO of the corrugated packaging division of VPK Group. Prior to that, he worked for sixteen years with Etex, a leading global building materials company, where his last position was division manager of Roofing - Central and Eastern Europe. Earlier, Mr. Messiaen served as managing director of Domo Group’s contract carpet tile division.
Mohawk Industries is the leading global manufacturer of flooring.
