10 APPOINTMENTS August 2014 Yamaha Commercial Audio New UK team announced
Following a period of reorganisation at Yamaha Commercial Audio’s UK operation, the company has announced its new sales and technical support team
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ixing long-term experience with new blood, the team at Yamaha Commercial
Audio UK is now headed by Robert Webster, the company’s new divisional director, who has been with Yamaha for 30 years. He will work closely with Karl Christmas, who now occupies the position of sales & marketing manager for the UK and Ireland. Meanwhile, Northern and Southern regional sales will be handled by two new additions to the team. Covering the north of the UK, Stuart McKay (pictured) joins from Audio-Technica Distribution, where he has been a specialist in Allen & Heath for a number of years. He takes over from Steve
Williamson, who is moving to a new position in Yamaha’s Pro Music division. Having been with Yamaha
for five years, Terry Murphy has been appointed to the position of Southern UK and Republic of Ireland Sales Representative. Elsewhere, Commercial Audio specialist Wayne Powell continues to
provide technical pre-sales support, end- user training and system commissioning, while Dave Dine moves into a new role of post-sales technical support. Finally, Stephanie Halstead is joined
by Max Parish in providing administrative and logistical support to the sales and technical team.
www.yamahaproaudio.com Adlib
Mike Docksey is the new general manager at Adlib. He has been charged with overseeing the company’s lighting and AV divisions. Prior to this he spent nine years at HSL.
www.adlib.co.uk
Bluman Associates
Simon Hudson has joined Bluman Associates as project manager. His role will see him providing dedicated support to Bluman’s clients, from initial quotes to creative design and onsite technical implementation. Hudson joins following 10 years as a
freelancer, during which time he worked for many of the established event agencies as well as on some of Bluman’s largest and most prestigious projects.
www.blumanassociates.com
Lawo
New CEO for d&b d&b audiotechnik
The newly created position is taken by Amnon Harman
Loudspeaker system manufacturer d&b audiotechnik has appointed Amnon Harman to the position of CEO. In this new position, Harman will drive the success of the company, taking responsibility for the further development and implementation of the company strategy. Prior to joining d&b, Harman was an independent consultant. From 2006 to 2012 he served as chairman of the management board of AUGUSTA Technologie, an international technology company focused on niche markets for optical sensor technology and digital image processing. Previously, he was a member of the
management board and COO at SUSE Linux.
www.dbaudio.com
Management team strengthened Midwich
Jon Dew-Stanley joins as director of solutions sales
Midwich has announced the appointment of Jon Dew-Stanley as director of solution sales. He brings a wealth of AV management experience to Midwich, having been director of Polar Audio for the past 13 years. During that spell, he was both technical director and sales director, bringing commercial and technical design experience to the Midwich group. On the appointment, Iain Campbell, sales
director at Midwich, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jon to Midwich in what is an important new role to the business. Jon brings many years of experience and an unrivalled expertise in his field. Coming from a background in commercial audio, he is well known throughout the industry – having strong contacts at all levels.”
www.midwich.com
Ralf Schimmel has been named director of global sales at Lawo. In his new post, he is responsible for the strategic orientation and co-ordination of worldwide sales activities for all products, systems and solutions from the Lawo Group of companies.
Prior to joining Lawo, Schimmel was chairman of the board at a system integration and a service company. He has also previously worked as a sales director for many years.
www.lawo.com
Reflex
Helen Flynn and Graham
Kirkpatrick are the latest additions to the Reflex team. Flynn has joined as business development manager while Kirkpatrick takes the
technical team to six strong. Flynn brings a wealth of experience in AV having run the videoconferencing team at Rocom Telecommunications and previously spent six years at Computacenter in the AV division. Kirkpatrick rejoins
the company as a technical sales manager, after a period of six years. He has 13 years’ experience in the AV industry, in sales and technical roles.
www.reflex.co.uk
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