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Codelocks 2024 - A year to remember
» CHEERS , 2024 . WE ’ VE GOT TO SAY , you ’ ve been great . In a single , standout year at Codelocks we ’ ve celebrated landmark anniversaries , launched new products , promoted talented people and expanded our global horizons . It ’ s been really exciting .
As we pour a glass of sherry , put out cookies for Santa , pop a carrot on the barbie for Rudolf , and break out the Lebkuchen ( covering all international bases here ) we thought we ’ d take a moment to reflect on a momentous year .
Give ‘ Ps ’ a chance Forget partridges and pear trees , 2024 for Codelocks was all about the Ps . Proud Moments , People , Promotions , Policies and Product Portfolios .
Proud Moments Codelocks NetCode ® Technology celebrated its 10th birthday . NetCode ® has been giving the right access to the right people at the right time for ten years now . It hardly seems possible .
Time has flown since NetCode ® burst onto the access control scene in 2014 . Remember then ? It was the year of the ice-bucket challenge , Germany won the FIFA world cup in Brazil , and Codelocks opened our first offices Down Under to serve the Asia Pacific market .
Now , ten years on , under the leadership of APAC GM , Mark Samuelson , our Australian arm has grown into a multi-million AUS dollar business serving over 1,500 clients across Australia , New Zealand and Asia . Many Happy Returns , you beaut !
People and Promotions
Codelocks is all about people – we live by our family values . We often talk about our family culture , which was literally the case when we were first established over thirty years ago . We value all our employees as family members .
In 2024 , we looked at where we wanted to be in the second quarter of the century and made sure to put the right people in place to take us there . This saw a new company structure come into effect in August .
Dominic Ryan took over as Chairman of the Board . Colin Campbell stepped into a new role as Chief Executive Officer . Joanne Milne-Rowe was appointed UK Managing Director and Ros Bayliss joined the board as our new Global Marketing Director .
In other people news , we celebrated the appointment of our sales manager , Michelle Saunders as the new Vice Chair of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers ( GAI ) for the UK ’ s North Central Community Hub . Michelle was the driving force behind our On The Road Locks with Codelocks ’ training initiative that has trained hundreds of UK distributors , locksmiths and installers over the past year .
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