Florida Tile Names New Chief Executive

Lakeland, FL, Jan. 13, 2009--Luca A. Zerbini has been named CEO of Florida Tile after having worked with the company for less than two years.

Zerbini joined Florida Tile in March 2007, exactly a year after the acquisition by Panaria Group. He was initially vice president of strategy and business development and then chief supply chain officer and executive vice president of business development.

Before that, Zebini was working as a case team leader in the New York office of Bain & Company, one of the top three management consulting companies.