Daniel Grow, former president and CEO of Drexel Heritage Furniture will be overseeing the new division. Besides a focus on expanding the company’s International Design Center Development program, Grow will also take the lead on the contract initiative.

Chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen, Farooq Kathwari said, “Today Ethan Allen is well positioned to participate in the contract business. We can leverage our design leadership, interior design and product engineering capabilities, strong domestic manufacturing and logistics network, and our highly recognized brand to create solutions for the contract business. Dan’s experience and knowledge of our industry provides Ethan Allen the leadership to launch the Ethan Allen contract division.

Ethan Allen boasts of having a dedicated network of 293 interior design centers located across the United States, Canada and abroad.