19 PEOPLE / NEWS OOH Capital welcomes Philip Thomas as its new partner Philip Thomas, former co-chief executive officer of JCDecaux UK, has joined OOH Capital as a partner. Thomas has an extensive history within the out-of-home and signage industry having joined JCDecaux in 2002 as the UK’s chief financial officer and later becoming co-CEO. During this time, Thomas oversaw a number of key strategic acquisitions. During his time at JCDecaux, Thomas was also part of the team that created global supply side programmatic trading platform VIOOH and spent three years on the board as a non-executive director. “I am thrilled to welcome Phil as our newest partner, someone with impeccable credentials and a proven track record,” says Tom Goddard, chairman of OOH Capital, adding: “He joins our existing partners in a dedicated client-focused specialist OOH advisory service.” This advisory service extends to OOH businesses, cities, real estate owners, and technology suppliers, and covers the best ways to navigate the rapidly evolving OOH landscape. These global services also include specialist advice on mergers and acquisitions. Other partners of OOH Capital include managing partner Annie Rickard, and partners Philippe Baudillon, Stephen Freitas, Fred Kuhlman, Jim Lui, Sheldon Silverman, and Carlos Viladevall. Gareth Newman joins Soyang Europe/Josero Distributor of wide- and superwide-format digital print hardware solutions, Soyang Europe/Josero, has welcomed Gareth Newman to its team. Joining with almost a decade of experience within the print and sign industries in a number of production, support, and management roles, Newman has taken on the role of Technical Applications Manager. In the role, Newman will offer specialist advice, support, and customer training on new software and hardware products. He will also oversee in-house and on-site product demonstrations and answer any technical queries that arise. In addition to this, Newman will profile machines to Soyang Europe materials and work with the sales and marketing team to highlight the company’s offerings. “We are delighted to welcome Gareth to our team,” Mark Mashiter, managing director of Soyang says, adding: “We are always on the lookout to add talented staff to our team; I look forward to working with him and seeing our customers benefit from his knowledge.” Gareth Newman has joined Soyang Europe/Josero as Technical Applications Manager Philip Thomas has joined OOH Capital as a partner following ten years at JCDecaux AV employees reflect on IWD 2023 International employees of PPDS (Philips professional displays) and TP Vision have reflected on being a woman in the male-dominated audio visual (AV) industry. A 2021 study by AVIXA found that women earned between 79% and 89% less than men in the Pro AV industry. Whilst the context to these stats does include the fact that women are more likely to work part-time due to childcare and other homecare roles, it is still an indication of the imbalance between male and female employees’ pay within the industry. Whilst the industry on the whole is male-dominated, PPDS is a company that champions women in technology with women well represented. Vicky Fox, head of communications EMEA and NA, says: “At PPDS our people from around the globe come together as one team two or three times a year and, for me, it is always a source of great pride that, while we are in a very male-dominated industry, women are well represented, bucking the trend of around 5:1 ratio to around 3:1. “From sales and operations, through to product management and communications, at PPDS women have a strong voice, inspiring the industry and our children into the future. I’m super proud to be a woman working in AV.” Andrea Herczeg-Bakker, head of operations EMEA for PPDS, adds: “Being a supply chain operations leader, as a woman, is a challenging role in itself in our male-dominated industry. In PPDS I feel that women are embraced, empowered, and encouraged to participate in shaping the future of the business.” Clara Guerra ten Broek, lead Europe sales support for TP Vision, says: “I hope to be an inspiration to other women, so they too can embrace the technology world and join us in breaking the underlying myth that this is a male industry.” [Above Left] Vicky Fox, head of communications EMEA and NA at PPDS [Above right] Andrea Herczeg-Bakker, head of operations EMEA for PPDS By Carys Evans By Carys Evans email: news@signlink.co.uk Issue 246 - April / May 2023 Editorial: 0117 980 5040 Sales: 0117 960 3255
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