REGENSDORF, Switzerland — “A return to the family” is how Robert Habersaat describes his new appointment as VP of Sales for HARMAN’s Studer team as he rejoins Studer after seven years working as Head of Broadcast Sales for Dr.W.A.Günther in Switzerland. He takes over the Studer brand sales job following Adrian Curtis’s new appointment running HARMAN Professional’s EMEA Regional Sales Office which created two vacancies, this one for Studer, the other for Soundcraft.

Robert originally joined Studer in 1996 managing sales for Switzerland and distribution in Germany, Austria, France, Italy and the Nordic region. In 2001 he headed up the Studer sales team before joining Dr.W.A.Günther, the HARMAN Pro distribution partner for Switzerland.

Habersaat commented, “Studer has been the continuous thread running through my entire career; as a customer, distribution partner and as a staff member of the team. I am very proud to return and contribute to one of the best companies in the professional audio industry.”

Studer General Manager Bruno Hochstrasser added, “To have Robert return to the Studer family gives me a great deal of satisfaction. He is a wonderful individual with a lot of professional expertise in the broadcast business and most of all Robert is a loyal and very hard working team player always putting the business and our clients’ interests first. I am looking forward to working with Robert again and a bright Studer future.”

HARMAN (www.harman.com) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,900 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.4 billion for year ended June 30, 2012.