FN America, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Dan Hines to the position of Vice President, Commercial Products, effective June 2, 2025. In this role, Mr. Hines will drive FN’s growth strategy through his leadership of the Commercial and Law Enforcement Sales, Product Development, and Marketing teams.

“With a proven track record of results and leadership throughout his career including at FN, I am confident that Dan will continue to elevate our brand, strengthen customer relationships, and lead our commercial and law enforcement teams to a new level of success,” said Mark Cherpes, President and CEO of FN America, LLC. “Dan’s extensive background combined with his leadership skills will make a significant contribution to the commercial and law enforcement business at FN.”

Mr. Hines holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Juris Doctorate degree from Walter F. George School of Law, and a master’s in business administration from Mercer University. He was an officer in the United States Army and served in the Iraq War.

Since joining as the Director, Marketing in 2023, Mr. Hines has played a key leadership role creating critical growth vectors in FN’s channel relationships, specifically at chain retailers. Additionally, he spearheaded the optimization of FN’s agency ecosystem and media modeling while finding efficiencies and increasing profitability.

To learn more about FN and its commercial and law enforcement products, please visit www.fnamerica.com.

About FN

FN America, LLC—the U.S. subsidiary of Belgium-based FN Herstal, S.A.—provides U.S. military, law enforcement and commercial customers with a complete range of state-of-the-art, groundbreaking solutions developed around small-caliber firearms and associated ammunition under the FN brand name.

FN Herstal is the Defense & Security entity of the FN Browning Group that also includes a Hunting & Sports Shooting entity (Browning and Winchester Firearms* brand names) and operates globally.

FN product lines include portable firearms, less lethal systems, integrated weapon systems for air, land and sea applications, remote weapon stations, small-caliber ammunition, as well as modern and cutting-edge solutions to provide enhanced combat, logistics, maintenance and communication capabilities.

In addition to FN America—headquartered in McLean, VA, with manufacturing operations in Columbia, SC—FN Herstal is the parent company of FN UK in the UK and Noptel (optoelectronics) in Finland.

For more information on FN and its latest products, visit us at www.FNAmerica.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

*Winchester Firearms is a registered trademark owned by the Olin Corporation.