David Maher joined the Company in May 1991 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Acushnet Holdings Corp. and Acushnet Company, our operating subsidiary ("Acushnet Company"), effective January 1, 2018. From 2001 through 2017, Mr. Maher held a variety of roles at the Company’s Fairhaven, Massachusetts headquarters, including Vice President, Titleist U.S. Sales; Senior Vice President, Titleist Worldwide Sales and Global Operations; and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Maher spent several years in Northern California as a Titleist Sales Representative and Northwest Regional Sales Manager, and previously gained valuable experience in the Company’s professional development program, working at the Company’s golf ball operations in Massachusetts, the FootJoy factory in Brockton, Massachusetts and in the Company’s Southern California golf club operations.
Mr. Maher has served on our board of directors since March 2018 and brings to our Board of Directors extensive experience as an executive in the golf industry.