Dondero to Lead Paul Maitland International

August 19, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on August 2007 Harvey Dondero has been named chief executive officer of Paul Maitland International, which includes Theodore Alexander.

The World Market Center announced last week that Dondero had resigned from his post as its chief executive.

Dondero is responsible for the worldwide operations of Paul Maitland International, including the Asian manufacturing and distribution headed up by Antony Maitland Smith, president. The Theodore Alexander marketing and sales organizations for all International markets will report to Dondero. Sherrill Furniture has been the distributor for Theodore Alexander in the United States for the past 10 years and continues in that role.

“We are delighted to have Harvey as our new world wide chief executive officer,” said Chairman Paul Maitland-Smith. “He is a proven leader and innovator and brings an ideal blend of intelligence, knowledge, experience and past successes to the company. We are excited about our future and look forward to Harvey leading an aggressive growth strategy in all of our markets.”

Dondero was president and CEO of Maitland-Smith Ltd. from 1994 to 1999, a company founded by Paul Maitland-Smith in 1979. He will be reunited with many of the key members of the team that propelled Maitland-Smith’s growth during that period. Dondero will have an ownership share in the company and have responsibility for all facets of the company’s day to day operations, as well as strategic growth planning.

Paul Maitland-Smith, who relinquishes his CEO role, will continue to serve as the company’s chairman of the board and will remain actively involved in directing the product development and design.

Before coming to the furniture industry, where he has worked for the past 13 years, Mr. Dondero held senior posts for fine china companies Lenox, Wedgwood and Waterford Wedgwood. While at Waterford Wedgwood he served as President of their Australian operations. In addition to serving as past president and CEO of Maitland-Smith and the World Market Center in Las Vegas, Dondero has also been president and CEO of Universal Furniture and Broyhill Furniture.