Philipp Mattes is the new head of mountainwear at Ortovox. He succeeds Thomas Moe, who left the company last autumn. Mattes previously worked for 15 years at Reusch in Bolzano, Italy, where he most recently served as head of product & design. He will now lead the mountain wear team at Ortovox and be responsible for product management, development and design. Mattes reports directly to the brand’s head of product, Stefan Krause. Ortovox has 120 employees worldwide and is part of Schwanhäußer Industrie Holding GmbH & Co. KG with headquarters in Taufkirchen near Munich, Germany.
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