PEOPLE / NEWS 19 September / October 2023 - Issue 344 www.printmonthly.co.uk A NUMBER OF NEW APPOINTMENTS IN PRINT First up and Walstead Group has appointed Neil Johnson as Group chief finance officer and board director following the departure of Julian Rothwell. The company, which is Europe’s largest web offset printing business, conducted an extensive search across Europe for the replacement role and was seeking a candidate with significant international experience. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in finance, operations, systems, and accounting and was Group CFO for Sparrows Offshore Services Group from 2014 to 2023. Senior management announcements have also been made by DS Smith, Precision Colour Printing, and James Cropper with all three companies appointing new managing directors. At packaging company DS Smith, Paul Clarke has been appointed as managing director within the UK and Ireland’s Packaging Division. Clarke was formerly operations director for the Packaging Division and will work to improve collaborative structures across DS Smith. In addition, Clarke will work closely with customers to develop changing solutions with bespoke packaging and product development. Nick Evans has moved from the role of commercial director to managing director of Precision Colour Printing (PCP). A passionate advocate of the company, Evans joined the company as commercial manager in 2014 and later took on the role of commercial director in 2016. “I am delighted to be appointed managing director of PCP,” Evans comments, adding: “Despite the challenging market conditions we’ve all faced in recent years, it’s great being able to continue serving our fantastic customer base while retaining the ethics of a family business, which we still are.” James Cropper has named Richard Bracewell as its new managing director for Paper Products with Bracewell responsible for the Creative Papers and Luxury Packaging sectors. Bracewell most recently served as the business transformation lead for Specialiy Paper at James Cropper where he was instrumental in repositioning the organisation to ensure long-term differentiation and market competitiveness. Over at Ricoh UK and the company has announced Glenn Griggs as its new chief executive officer. Griggs succeeds Phil Keoghan who was promoted to lead Ricoh Northern Europe in April last year. Griggs previously held the position of board director of sales, leading a team of 250 Ricoh sales employees across the UK. In this role, he played a pivotal part in steering the business’ transition to a digital services company across multiple divisions and service offerings. Reporting to Phil Keoghan, Ricoh Ireland will continue to be overseen by managing director Gary Hopwood. Moving onto sales roles now and Inkcups has announced the addition of a new direct salesperson in the UK and Ireland. The news further strengthens the company’s commitment to providing dedicated localised support in Europe as part of its growth. Nick Macfarlane has been named as the company’s new regional sales representative for UK and Ireland bringing with him years of print industry sales experience. This experience includes playing a key role in expanding the direct-to-garment business unit at Ricoh UK, and growing the existing UK customer base at Kornit Digital. In his new role, Macfarlane will be responsible for growing Inkcup’s UK and Ireland customer base as well as developing and supporting distributors in strategic regions. Over at Global Graphics Software (a Hybrid Software Group company) and Lawrence Geere has been named as the new OEM sales manager for EMEA. Geere brings with him over 30 years of industry experience and will work closely with the company’s OEM customers to enable them to maximise the potential of the rapidly evolving digital inkjet market. Geere will report to Justin Bailey, managing director of Global Graphics Software. Bailey says: “With his blend of technical and commercial background, Geere is the ideal person to help our OEM customers and prospects navigate the challenges they will face as the digital inkjet market expands into smart factories, where printing of variable data content at high speed has become increasingly important.” Next up is Domino Printing Sciences with the company having announced the appointment of Thomas Guerriero as the Group’s CSR (corporate social responsibility) customer manager. This is a new role that has been created to help customers achieve their sustainability goals. Guerriero will work alongside Domino’s customer base to identify CSR targets and set goals for reducing production waste and improving their environmental performance. “Organisations worldwide are feeling the pressure of becoming more CSR and sustainability orientated and this naturally includes a variety of topics such as doing more for our people and our society,” Guerriero says. A key focus of the new role will be working with Domino’s sales channels to ensure they are trained and have the resources they need to identify and develop sustainable growth opportunThere have been a number of appointments and promotions in recent months showing that the industry really doesn’t ever stand still. We highlight some of the new career moves in the print industry [1] Neil Johnson, Group chief finance officer and board director of Walstead Group [2] Paul Clarke, managing director of DS Smiths’ UK and Ireland Packaging Division [3] Nick Evans, managing director of Precision Colour Printing [4] Richard Bracewell, managing director for Paper Products at James Cropper [5] Nick Macfarlane, regional sales representative for UK and Ireland at Inkcups [6] Lawrence Geere, OEM sales manager for EMEA at Global Graphics Software [7] Thomas Guerriero, CSR customer manager of Domino Printing Sciences [8] Peter Clitheroe, elections project manager at FDM [9] Kathryn Scott, HR director of Canon
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