According to reports coming out of Israel, HP Indigo’s general manager Alon Bar-Shany is leaving after over 25 years with the company.
Mr Bar-Shany will be replaced by Haim Levit, who has been with HP for over two decades himself.
CTech, the technology news arm of Tel Aviv newspaper Calcalist, has reported that Mr Bar-Shany stepped down in protest at HP’s decision to fire hundreds of employees across Israel. CTech’s article went on to speculate that as Mr Levit’s background is in management not research and development, the sackings will now go ahead.
This is not the first time that HP has seemed set to cut its workforce. When Enrique Lores was appointed president and CEO toward the end of 2019 he announced plans to cut up to 9000 people from its workforce between 2020 and 2022. Mr Bar-Shany was considered one of the biggest obstacles to this taking place. HP Indigo employs 2800 people in Israel, with around 1000 more based around the world.
A HP statement read, ‘Haim brings more than 25 years of print leadership experience to the role, most recently leading worldwide go-to-market for HP’s Industrial Graphics organisation.
‘He succeeds Alon Bar-Shany, who has successfully led HP Indigo for more than 15 years. We are grateful to Alon for all he has done to make Indigo the market leader in digital printing and we will benefit from his many contributions to our business for years to come
‘Haim is an experienced leader in the printing industry. In his years with HP Indigo, and part of the Indigo community, he has successfully performed a wide spectrum of leadership roles.’
