Fabio Mercandetti serves as a member of the Executive Board for Huber+Suhner

Cable specialist Huber+Suhner has appointed Fabio Mercandetti as Head of Business Development and Communications as of the beginning of January 2007. He will also take a seat on the Executive Board. With Mercandetti's appointment, the company is simplifying its management structure, the SDA news agency reported on Wednesday. The former Information and Process Management and Communication and Business Development divisions have been merged to form the new division. Peter Baumann and Mats Önner, the two previous heads of the former divisions, have already left the company and will be leaving at the end of the year. Previously, 49-year-old Mercandetti had been with Rieter since 1997, most recently as Head of Corporate Planning.