POMONA, Calif. — Dave Wolman, president of Motul USA since 2001, will join Motul’s Center of Excellence (CoE) for PowerSports as director for the Americas region. His new international mission will be in direct continuity with his previous achievements, promoting Motul in the PowerSports markets in North and South America.
“I am excited to join the Center of Excellence team, which already has a strong track record in the group. This new division, located in California, represents a huge opportunity for the promotion of our PowerSports activities. We will be working with and supporting the hundreds of Motul distributors, racers, riders and fans from the top of Canada to the bottom of Chile.”
In accepting the Center of Excellence position, Wolman has turned over the operations for Motul USA to Guillaume Pailleret, who has assumed the presidency.
Pailleret comes to Motul USA from the company’s Motul Americas region headquarters based in Brazil where he was vice president for Latin America. Pailleret has decades of experience in leading corporate subsidiaries across South and North America. Pailleret is a graduate of the ESSEC Group in France and holds an MBA from ESCP-EAP in Paris.
“Motul has a distinctive approach to the Automotive and PowerSports lube markets worldwide. I am proud to join the team. Our U.S. and Canadian trade partners and consumers are at the cornerstone of the Motul group priority; we look forward to bringing exciting and ingenious new solutions to our customers in the region.”
Motul is a world-class French company specialized in the formulation, production and distribution of high-tech engine lubricants (two-wheelers, cars and other vehicles) as well as lubricants for industry via its Motultech activity.
Motul USA, established in 1989 is a subsidiary of Motul France and is based in Southern California.