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Creative technical event production company Hawthorn has appointed Alex Bingham as technical production director. Before joining Hawthorn, Bingham was production director at Vibration Group where he was most recently responsible for assisting with the growth and delivery of production at Printworks London, a ground-breaking multi-use venue. While Bingham has over 20…

Sarah Joyce is to become the next chief global officer at AVIXA, taking over from Terry Friesenborg who will retire at the end of the year. Joyce joins AVIXA after nearly 12 years at Electrosonic, most recently as managing director. She and Friesenborg will manage jointly AVIXA's global operations for the…

NEC Display Solutions Europe has appointed Simon Jackson as senior vice president of sales EMEA. Jackson has spent more than two decades at NEC and has been promoted from vice president of strategic and vertical sales EMEA. In his new role, he will lead the company’s entire sales organisation, comprising regional…

Audiologic has appointed Andy Lewis as managing director. Lewis joined the company as part of its sales team in 2013 and has since progressed through its ranks, first as sales and marketing manager, then as director and now MD. His influence on the strategies that have seen Audiologic steadily and…

Midwich has announced the appointment of Jonny Francis as sales and marketing director and Steve Fay as external sales director, as long-serving sales director Iain Campbell steps down on 31 May to pursue new ventures outside the industry. Francis was promoted to sales and marketing director from his previous role…

Thorsten Lipp has been appointed chief operating officer and acting CEO of Leyard Europe and its companies Planar, eyevis and Teracue. Lipp will lead operations, sales, and marketing in the region, leaning on his extensive pro-AV experience in live events and entertainment, corporate events, sports, automotive and more. Lipp joined…

Technological Innovations Group (TIG) has appointed Alain Solomon to the position of regional sales director for South West Europe and North West Africa. With over 30 years of industry experience, Solomon joins TIG from Jupiter by InFocus where he was sales director for EMEA. Prior to that, he spent 13 years…

High-profile AV-industry social media maven Chris Neto is among two new appointments made by AV distributor Starin to help it develop the market for digital communications solutions. Neto, CTS, has joined as market development manager, overseeing engagement and experience programmes, while Doug Dillman, CTS-D, CTS-I, has joined as technical experience project manager.…

AVMI, the UK’s largest systems integrator, has appointed its former global head of operations Craig Bonner as its new executive vice president in the US. The appointment comes as the business enjoys significant growth across America, announcing: The recruitment of more than 30 US employees with plans for a further…

Steve Somers is to retire as vice president of engineering at Extron on 1 April. Somers has been with Extron since 1988 and has made significant contributions toward making Extron an AV technology leader, overseeing the expansion of Extron’s engineering department into a world-class team that is at the forefront…