Harley shakes up leadership, puts Italian in charge of MV Agusta

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Keith E. Wandell, formerly of Johnson Controls, has been named President and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc.; Matt Levatich has returned from running MV Agusta to become Harley-Davidson Motor Company President and COO; and Enrico D’Onofrio, formerly CFO at Ducati and a bona fide pasta-loving Italian, will become Managing Director of MV Agusta as part of a management shake up prompted by the retirement of current President and CEO Jim Ziemer. You’ll remember that, just last week, Ziemer told The New York Times to “file [Harley's] obituary where the sun don’t shine” after the paper exposed a house of cards-like financial situation at The Motor Company. We’re guessing this new management has been chosen with an eye to pulling Harley out of that crisis.
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