Switzerland Tourism appoints new Market Manager Canada
Switzerland Tourism has appointed Evelyn Lafone as its new Market Manager for Canada. She succeeds Mirko Capodanno, who will assume the role of District Manager for the Western U.S. in June 2014.
Evelyn Lafone will start in her new role on August 15, 2014, and from then on will be responsible for the entire marketing of Switzerland Tourism in the Canadian market, including the central states of the USA. Lafone started with Switzerland Tourism in London in 1989 and held various positions there. Most recently, she was country manager United Kingdom and Ireland from 2005 to the end of 2009. At the beginning of 2010, she moved to the then newly opened Sydney office, where she was the main manager for the Australia market. In her new role, Lafone succeeds Mirko Capodanno, who in turn will start as District Manager Western USA, based in Los Angeles, on June 1, 2014.
