Kinly has appointed Amy Amesbury as marketing manager for the UK region. Amesbury has more than 20 years' experience in PR, communications, marketing and event management. She joins Kinly after five years as proAV's PR and marketing manager and prior to that spent almost three years at Crestron and two…
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TD Synnex Maverick names Dekker smart meetings director
TD Synnex Maverick has promoted Bas Dekker to director of smart meetings for Europe. Dekker joined the specialist business of TD Synnex in 2021 as director for the Netherlands. Prior to that, he held leadership roles within the technology and consumer electronics sector at companies such as LG, Dell and…
Sony recruits Henrik Breda as European sales director
Sony Professional Display & Solutions Europe has appointed Henrik Breda as European sales director. Breda was previously with NEC Display Solutions Europe, where he spent more than three years as EMEA sales director. He will be responsible for the development of Sony’s distribution and channel partners, while implementing the mid-term…
Hall Technologies promotes Ken Eagle to chief executive
Hall Technologies has promoted vice-president of technology Ken Eagle to chief executive, as part of a restructuring of its leadership team. Industry veteran Eagle, who has been with the pro AV company since July 2021, has helped enhance Hall Technologies' product portfolio and launch holistic solutions. Eagle replaces Jason Schwartz,…
Midwich promotes three long-serving staff to director
Midwich has promoted Kane Barker, Katie Ford and Aaron Lawther to directors. Barker has become divisional director, Ford is channel marketing director and Lawther as been appointed director of internal sales. “The business is constantly evolving and offering exciting new opportunities to work with our vendor partners, colleagues and businesses…
Q-SYS promotes Ron Marchant to EMEA general manager
Q-SYS, a division of QSC EMEA, has promoted Ron Marchant to general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will also work alongside Markus Winkler to drive the success of QSC EMEA, as managing director. Marchant, who joined QSC in 2017 as senior director for EMEA sales, has…
POLAR adds Duncan Peberdy to integrated solutions team
POLAR has expanded its team with the appointment of Duncan Peberdy as business development manager for integrated solutions. Peberdy has wide-ranging experience of AV and IT acquired at resellers, distributors and manufacturers. Recent roles include senior lead for digital learning at Jisc, and territory manager for Europe at T1V, where…
Pixotope strengthens team with two key appointments
Pixotope has made two key appointments as it seeks to bolster access to virtual production technology across the globe. Phil Ventre has been named vice-president of strategy and global business development, while Vivian Yu has been recruited as marketing director for APAC and global sales enablement lead. Ventre's industry experience…
In memoriam: Stephen Lakin, founder and CEO of Protec
Stephen Lakin, founder and CEO of Protec, has passed away. In a statement issued on social media today, the company said: "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of an industry legend, our CEO and Founder of Protec, Stephen Lakin. Stephen left us peacefully last night, leaving…
Hewshott appoints associates in Australia and Singapore
Hewshott has recruited associates for its Australia and Singapore offices. Darren Waszkinel, who will be based in Perth, has joined the consultancy after more than 12 years at Bloomberg, most recently as agile product owner/project manager. He has a wealth of experience in the technology and project management sector in…