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14 March 2016

Europe - Yamaha's Nick Cook has announced he is to leave his current position as European Marketing Director for Commercial Audio to set up a strategic marketing and sales consultancy, called NCM.

Cook, who has been with Yamaha for eight years, was responsible for managing and coordinating Commercial Audio sales and marketing activities throughout Europe. Prior to joining Yamaha, Cook was already highly regarded within the professional audio community having held a number of senior sales and marketing positions with leading manufacturing companies including Solid St

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14 March 2016

"I am happy to welcome Ken to White Light," says Peter Threadgold, White Light sales direc

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14 March 2016

Siobhan has worked in the lifting industry since she joined Rope Assemblies in 1997. Established by her father in 1986 and based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, the company manufact

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"Throughout my career, I have worked to create technology that brings audiences closer to musicians in a transparent way," Meyer says. "There are p

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14 March 2016

Lindsay-Johnson's previous roles have included international sales and marketing manager for Duran Audio BV, and managing director of Harman Pro UK.

"I am thrilled to be joining the Community team at such an incredib

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14 March 2016

Based in Bremen, Germany, Weingaertner brings more than 26 years of sales and marketing experience in pro audio to the role - covering all aspects of MI, rental and fixed installations.

"After all this time in pro audio I remain excited by the possibilities, and this has enabled me to constantly learn, not only about new products but also the changing needs of distributors and end-users," said Andreas.

"I had been approached in recen

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14 March 2016

"Having a full time representative in Cape Town is something we always hoped for," said Duncan Riley of DWR. "It's so much easier for our clients to make a phone call and be assisted with someone who is in the area and who can help straight away." The team at DWR have wonderful Cape Town industry friends, which means that there will still be regular visits, roadshow and training. Once new premises have been found, the new

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14 March 2016

With experience and expertise gained in his long-standing role at Lawo as senior product manager for Lawo's mc² mixing console series, Nova ro

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14 March 2016

Jenkins is President and CEO of BISBY Corporation, located in Agoura Hills, California.

A two-times Academy Award-winner and senior leadership executive in the entertainment industry, Jenkin

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Perkins, whose 25 year career in the video industry includes 12 years with Sony, latterly as its European commercial manager, has worked with the world's largest corporations and sporting events in all areas of screen sales and service. He specialises in screen purchase consultancy, installation, project management, product modification, technical investigation, maintenance and repair

Since his Sony days, throu

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Martin commented, "I am really looking forward to working with TSL Lighting, as it is an exciting new approach to the lighting rental industry and a strong team behind a high quality emerging brand. There are lots of opportunities available to the company and I am looking forward to a long term involvement with the w

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Martin commented: "I am working with a number of exciting companies and brands in the product

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14 March 2016

Lori has worked for some of the leaders in the industry, including Barbizon Electric, where she headed the wholesale lamps division for 15 years.

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14 March 2016

Fisher's relationships with venues form a key part of their business and the expanding event production company have built a new Venues Team dedicated to planning and delivering events for this sector.

Rebecca Harris joins Fisher as general manager for venues, bringing 18 years events industry experience with her. Rebecca's career spans across agencies, catering and venues and her previous roles include positions at Hospitality Line, Concerto Live, Harbour & Jones, The Hemp

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14 March 2016

Walters, son of the company's co-founder John Walters, has chosen to take up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join specialist UK model makers, Amalgam.

Walters' passion for cars is legendary having collected model cars for his entire life and been instrumental in establishing James Thomas Engineering as a sponsor of Jack Goff, the industry's adopted racing driver and BTCC champion.

"Amalgam is a very well-respected, highl

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14 March 2016

Klaus brings over 30 years of experience in the professional live audio sector to his new role, most recently serving as a sound engineer for important large scale live events throughout the Italian peninsula and beyond.

In his new role, Klaus is responsible for K-array's concert series by identifying key customer needs, and analysing market trends. "I'm very excited about hiring Klaus to further strengthen our

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With 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Martin - a graduate of electronics and electrical engineering from Edinburgh University - worked for two years as commercial director at PRG UK. From 2011 - 2013 Martin took an active role in contributing to the company's growth strategy through proactive sales, management and leadership of the specialist sales team.

After joining a small lightin

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14 March 2016

Dibble has a distinguished reputation within the industry having recently been the head of audio engineering at RaceTech in London, and previously project engineer at Glantre Engineering in Reading. He is also a member of the Audio Engineering Society and an accredited technician in the Institute of Acoustics.

Martin Audio sales director, Simon Bull, said, "This appointment re

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14 March 2016

Hoist UK director, Paul Jordan comments, "Having Wayne join our team is a major asset for the company, as it is always difficult to employ a high quality design engineer with a proven track record in the industry."

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14 March 2016

Andrew has an extensive background in the audio industry, having spent the majority of his recent career working in managing the distribution and sales of audio components.

In his most recent role he managed technical sales and knows perfectly well the products Faital makes and sells.

Andrew states, "After visiting FaitalPRO factory premises in Milan and Cremona, Italy, I immediately realized what I wanted to do. Actually, after experiences with other manufacturers in othe

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14 March 2016

Kaltheuner is well known in the industry; his professional career included 10 years at audio rental house Padco in Köln, before establishing the boutique pro audio specialist Teqsas, which Kaltheuner ran successfully for five years before moving to Yamaha Commercial Audio where he joined the product planning department in Japan. This was

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14 March 2016

Jann has worked in MI for more than a decade - with Andertons, Tascam and inMusic featuring on his CV - and has long experience as a t

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While earning his BSBA in finance from UNC Charlotte and studying theatre at UNC Wilmington, Fisher worked at both a Broadway scenic house and as an LD. He spent several years at Barbizon in their systems group before his most recent position of national sales manager for The Light Source, focusing on their LED product line.

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Rosa, also from Valencia, will be a key member of the sales team, assisting with order entry, quotations, lamp and LED sales; she will also be visiting customers.

Rosa previously worked at Antares Iluminacion, S.L. as a domestic sales and administration assistant. Working for the company for 12 years, she gained wide sales and administration experience in the lighting industry.

Commenting on her appointment, sales manag