ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) announced that Neil Vann has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of the EMEA Division. Neil Vann joined ASSA ABLOY with the Group´s acquisition of Yale in 2000 and for the past four years has served as Market Region Manager for ASSA ABLOY UK within EMEA. He succeeds Tzachi Wiesenfeld who has decided to leave ASSA ABLOY after 12 years' service as Head of the EMEA Division.