Appointments: Electronic Data Processing; Acceleris; Premier Farnell; JCT600
SHEFFIELD-BASED IT firm Electronic Data Processing announced this morning a number of board changes.
Peter Davey, sales director, is stepping down from the board in order to concentrate solely on the development of the Quantum business.
Paul Davies, responsible for application software products, is also stepping down from the board. He will continue with EDP for a further six months to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities prior to retiring from the business.
The business said the changes are as a result of a re-alignment of senior management roles designed to place separate and additional focus on the Quantum and Vecta product lines.
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YORKSHIRE PR and communications agency Acceleris has made a senior appointment to drive the growth and development of its London office.
Sandra Hobson is joining the agency from her role leading the PR team at Haygarth, part of the RAPP global agency network.
She joins as associate director (London) but will also have a number of agency wide industry-sector and management responsibilities.
Acceleris managing director Peter Davenport said: “This appointment is a clear statement of our ambition to develop our London presence. Sandra is a highly experienced and respected PR and communications professional with an impressive track record of achievement.”
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FARNELL element14 has announced the appointment of Richard Slee as business president, sales and marketing in Europe.
Slee joins from TVS Logistics where, as European CEO, he grew the business organically and inorganically, developing new markets at the $6bn privately owned Indian company.
Leeds-headquartered Premier Farnell, a global leader in high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, production, maintenance and repair, trades as Farnell element14 in Europe.
Slee said: “I’m delighted to be joining Farnell element14 at what is an exciting time for the organisation. My first impressions of the business have been really positive and the commitment and enthusiasm from everybody I have met has been really evident. When I look at Farnell element14 I can see many different types of opportunity and I am confident we can grow the business in the years to come.”
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MOTOR group JCT600 has appointed Zakia Ishaq as Volkswagen area fleet sales manager.
Zakia joined ING Car Lease in 2008 as account manager, moving to Tuskerdirect as account development manager in 2011. She joins JCT600 from Harratts Group where she spent a year as corporate sales manager, including handling the fleet sales function focussing on the Volvo brand.
