People – Page 4 – Display Daily

Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon Announces Resignation

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon has announced his plan to resign as CEO and head of the company’s Device Solutions Business. He will also not stand for re-election for his position on the …

LG’s Verena von Œrtzen Joins AV Distributor Medium

by Andrew Fenn

AV distribution firm Medium has named LG’s Verena von Œrtzen as its new marketing manager and focus sales manager for Epson. Von Œrtzen has been working for LG for the past 11 years, most …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Visionect Recruits Sri Peruvemba to Board

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvemba who is a Board Director and Chair of Marketing for SID as well as having his own consultancy and working with companies such as Quirklogic (Quilla) and ClearInk Displays, has now joined …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Ahrens is New CEO of Notebooksbilliger

by Andrew Fenn

Notebooksbilliger has named its new CEO, ex-Acer Senior Corporate VP, Oliver Ahrens. Ahrens served with Acer since 2003 (and was involved with monitors long before that! Man. Ed.). He joined the company as General …

Sharp Creates Commercial Director Role

by Yvette Raikes

As its Visual Solutions Business grows, Sharp has created a new role of Commercial Director. The first person to be appointed to this role is Birgit Jackson (previously Sommerer). Before this, she was head …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Yoshihisa Ishida Named Sharp Europe’s New CEO

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp Europe have named their new CEO, former Sony manager and consultant for LG and Rakuten, Yoshihisa Ishida. Affectionately known as “Bob”, Ishida previously worked as an outside director for the Sharp Corporation from …

Samsung Germany Names New President and CEO

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung’s German division has announced that Senior Vice President, Il-Kyung Simon Sung, is to replace Sungwan Myung as President and CEO with immediate effect. Myung recently made the move to head up the company’s …

Acer CEO Jason Chen Also Becomes Chairman

by Alan Spencer

Acer has appointed its CEO, Jason Chen as chairman, and also announced the appointment of Meggy Chen as its new CFO. Jason Chen, who retains his CEO post, replaces George Huang, who has stepped …

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Sony Appoints Weissenburger for Cinema Business

by Alan Spencer

Sony Professional Solutions Europe has appointed Damien Weissenburger to spearhead the company’s theatre solutions business that serves cinema chains and independent screen owners. Weissenburger takes over from David McIntosh who now heads up Sony’s …

Brothers Share Management of AV Stumpfl

by Yvette Raikes

Austrian AV company AV Stumpfl now has two bosses, the two sons of the founder, who handed over in 2016. Previously, Tobias Stumpfl was the sole leader and his brother Fabian looked after HR …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Claypool Returns to Christie

by Yvette Raikes

Brian Claypool is Christie’s new VP Product Management Global Cinema. He will be based in Cypress, CA, USA and will report to EVP Jennifer Smith. His remit is to direct the creation of advanced …

Tags:Christie| Cinema| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Philips Looking for Account Manager in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Philips Signage Solutions is recruiting for a key account manager to be home-based in the Frankfurt area, to grow sales in that part of Germany. (MMD). Contact Reiner Bloch of MMD ([email protected])