Synectics, the CCTV specialist, has appointed Alison May to the role of internal sales co-ordinator. As part of the customer support team dealing directly with end users, Alison will take care of sales administration activities, sales order processing, loan equipment scheduling and visitor liaison.
Supporting the company's rapid growth of late, not to mention the market uptake of its double award-winning Unshielded Twisted Pair video transmission products, Network Video Technologies has appointed Gary Sykes to join its UK sales team. As sales executive, Gary is tasked with further developing and expanding the company's level of technical sales support to end users in the north of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Ken Fraser has been promoted from director to managing director (north) at Orbis Property Protection Ltd, part of Orbis plc. Geographically, Ken will be responsible for Scotland, the English border regions and Ireland. Over the past 12 years, Ken has been securing and clearing up thousands of vacant developments while operating from Orbis' depots in Govan and Dundee.
ADT Fire and Security has appointed Ken Scotland as its new national account director. Ken, who joined ADT from Thorn Security back in 1995, boasts 15 years' experience in professional sales management (including three years with National Accounts as an account director). While developing new accounts, Ken will also be working with existing blue chip clients including Boots, Tesco, ASDA and BT.
Following a highly successful 2002, leading CCTV equipment manufacturer Altron Communications Equipment has made a new appointment to its UK sales operation. Peter Rogers joins the company as field sales engineer (northern region), and will assume responsibility for sales of Altron products in the Midlands, northern England and Scotland.
To support the company's growth ambitions, Custodian Monitoring Services' management team has appointed Rob Thorpe as accounts manager. In his new role, Rob will be responsible for maintaining and growing Custodian's existing end user relationships, while also seeking to create new business opportunities. His efforts will mainly be concentrated in the south east region.
Baxall, one of the country's leading manufacturers of CCTV equipment, has appointed Peter Crussell as the company's new export manager. With 17 years' experience in export sales (a decade of them spent in the security industry), Peter will be instrumental in drafting a totally revised sales strategy.
Security services provider Group 4 Falck has announced the resignation of chief operating officer Alan Bernstein from the company's Group Management Board. The position will now be taken up by Grahame Gibson.
Fleet telematics specialist Masternaut has appointed Lincoln Townley as group sales director. Previously a director with Northgate, Townley brings extensive experience of both the telematics and commercial fleet markets. His main task is to spearhead the development of Masternaut throughout the UK and Ireland. Masternaut provides real-time information on (security) fleet vehicles via the World Wide Web courtesy of GPRS units connected to satellite navigation systems.
The ASSA Abloy Identification Technology Group (ITG) has promoted David Sullivan to vice-president of business development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. David was previously vice-president of sales and marketing at Indala, one of several business units supported by the ITG.
Andrew McCartney has recently joined Bioscrypt as technical sales manager in the European office, where he will be responsible for day-to-day technical support in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. Andrew will be helping to promote Bioscrypt's Veri-Series products for access control.
Jim Gemmill, formerly the sales director at Ademco Microtech and one of the original owners of Microtech Security, has joined the Board of Alarmfast Supervision – one of Scotland's leading independent security companies based in Glasgow – as non-executive director.
Radio communications concern Icom (UK), which manufactures radio communication systems for the security sector, has a new director. Andy Stockley joins the Icom Board, which already comprises his father Dave Stockley (chairman), Andy's brother Bob Stockley (sales and marketing director) and Philip Hadler (the current managing director).
Sheila Forbes has been appointed to the Board of the OCS Group as a non-executive director. Sheila's career in personnel and human resources includes experience with top blue chip concerns Philips Electronics, Unigate, Storehouse and Reed Elsevier.
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