Matthew Elvin

Las Vegas, NV, United States
Snorkel, the global manufacturer of aerial work platforms, has appointed Matthew Elvin as CEO. Elvin joined Snorkel in September 2010 as president of Australia and New Zealand, overseeing Snorkel sales in the Australasia region. After a successful period of sales growth, his responsibilities expanded to include the management of the New Zealand manufacturing facility and, most recently, control of sales and distribution in Asia. He has a proven professional track record; as managing director of Dynapac, he developed the brand into Australia's leading compaction equipment supplier and was a member of the global senior management team. During his tenure as executive general manager at Clark Equipment Australia, Elvin led the complete engineering and manufacturing of dedicated container handling equipment.
He started his career in the equipment service sector and has significant knowledge of the manufacturing process. He holds an Executive MBA from Australia's Mt Eliza Business School and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management. He has relocated from Sydney, Australia to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA to be based at Snorkel's new global headquarters, which is also home to Xtreme Manufacturing, the majority shareholder in Snorkel.