Clearview Midlands September 2014 - Issue 154 | Page 101

movers&shakers Trojan Group appoints new Business Development Director The Trojan Group has appointed Graham Pearce as its new Business Development Director. Graham has more than 30 years’ industry experience in product and business development and sales management. Graham has a customer-focused approach that puts working in partnership with the customer at the forefront of the operation. “It is only by working in partnership with customers that a business can offer the very best in products and service. That’s very much the attitude of the Trojan team too and I’m looking forward to working with them,” he says. Graham will also be heavily involved in new product development and addressing the ever-changing needs of today’s fabricator and installer. Trojan consistently develops new hardware products that offering tangible benefits in terms of quality, value and ease of application and Graham’s technical knowledge with further support this. Commenting on the appointment, Group MD Tony Chadwick said, “We are delighted to have found a committed and experienced professional like Graham with a vast knowledge of the window and door market.” Graham will be based at Trojan’s Walsall HQ. Tel: [phone], www.trojangroup.com Distinction Doors appoints CEO in China and four years managing a company in Germany and brings with him considerable logistics and distribution experience. Andrew’s role will be to lead Distinction’s growth strategy and day-to-day executive management and he will be supported in his role by Drew Wright, who will be taking on the newly-created role of Chairman. In just remarkable 10 years, Distinction Doors has grown from a standing start to a company that turns over around £40m a year. Distinction Doors has appointed Andrew Fowlds as its Chief Executive Officer. Andrew began his new role on 4 August. Commenting, Drew Wright, Distinction’s founder said, “I am delighted to welcome Andrew to Distinction Doors. He brings with him a wealth of experience that will be invaluable.” Andrew joined Distinction Doors from the Li & Fung Group, the world’s largest sourcing company. He spent 11 years at the company and during his time there led three different companies within the Group to a position of significant growth. A Chartered Director and MBA graduate, he also spent 15 years working Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. [email protected]. www.distinctiondoors.co.uk NEW FACE AT PROFINE UK Profine UK has just appointed Andrew Charlesworth as technical service manager (Central), joining John Berry and Keith Vast in the team, as the company continues to experience strong growth for its KBE and Kömmerling brands in the UK. With 14 years’ industry experience, Andrew’s technical skills include tooling, product design and onsite technical and manufacturing support. His addition to the technical support team at profine reflects its continued growth and a thirst for product innovation, that has most recently seen the launch of the aluminium clad Kömmerling C70 and O70 Gold® AluStar systems. To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com Stefan Seidel, managing director of profine UK comments: “We are delighted to add Andrew to the team at profine, as we continue to support the growth of the business and to also add value to our product development programme. We firmly believe that our premium KBE and Kömmerling brands and range of products is now unsurpassed in the UK PVCu systems market.” For further information, call 01543 444900, e-mail [email protected], log on to www.kommerling.co.uk or follow them on Twitter @kommerling_uk. SEP 2014 101