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Leyard Appoints VP in EMEA

by Yvette Raikes

Leyard has appointed Leonie Rotermundt as VP of business development for EMEA. She was previously MD of Benelux system integrator Sight and has also worked in 3D graphics and screen control. In addition, she …

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Bruines Becomes CEO of Leyard Europe

by Yvette Raikes

Marco Bruines has been named as the CEO of Leyard Europe, the European branch of Chinese digital display company Leyard Optoelectronic (which took over Planar). He was most recently with Benelux system integrator Sight. …

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LG Electronics Now Has Sole CEO

by Yvette Raikes

Jo Seong-jin is now the sole CEO of LG Electronics, overseeing over 120 country organisations. As one of three directors responsible for central decisions, he was previously head of Home Appliances and Air Solutions. …

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ViewSonic Boosts DACH Sales

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has added to its DACH team by appointing Christian Treschan (BenQ, Asus, Maxdata) and Markus Husak (Tarox, Asus, Maxdata) to be account managers. Christian TreschanMarkus Husak

Vivitek Appoints Sales Director

by Yvette Raikes

Vivitek has promoted David Zrihen to sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in France. Zrihen was previously working on brand development in the region. His focus will be on sales strategy …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Vivitek| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Albregts Becomes Sharp’s President and CEO

by Yvette Raikes

Doug Albregts has been appointed as president and CEO of Sharp Electronic Corp., the US subsidiary of the Japanese company, succeeding Toshiyuki Osawa. Albregts was previously president of Sharp Imaging and Information Company of …

Wittland Moves from Wortmann to Microsoft

by Yvette Raikes

From 1st January 2017 Robin Wittland will be the head of the Windows and Devices division of Microsoft Germany, succeeding Oliver Gürtler who is now managing the business and enterprise cloud unit. Wittland is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Ingram Micro Promotes Defrance

by Yvette Raikes

Christophe Defrance has been promoted to Managing Director of Ingram Micro. He succeeds Sophie Deleval who has returned to France. Defrance was previously the sales director. He has many years of experience in ICT …

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Nadershahi Joins Leyard as Chief Scientist

by Bob Raikes

LED industry veteran Nedi Nadershahi, previously CTO of Silicon Core, has joined Leyard as Principal Scientist in its US R&D facility. Nadershahi has also held senior engineering positions with Magnum Semiconductor, Oak Technology and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| People| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Wienands Becomes SVP of Hisense Germany

by Yvette Raikes

Hisense Germany has taken on Hans Wienands as senior vice president, responsible for Europe. He was previously director of sales and marketing at Panasonic, where he was employed for 13 years. He also worked …

Medium Changes Management Team

by Yvette Raikes

German AV distributor Medium, a subsidiary of Also, has appointed Andreas Ruhland as CEO and Sylke Rohbrecht as Managing Director of Supply. Both have been promoted from within the company. Stefan Klinglmair and Arno …

Dutch Stepping Down from Peerless

by Bob Raikes

Peerless AV said that Gordon Dutch is stepping down from his position as MD of BBG/Peerless to move to a part time ‘non-executive role’. His position will be taken by his brother, Keith Dutch. …

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