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28th January 2021
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Aquavision appoints director of business development
Aquavision, has announced the appointment of Ronnie Turpie as director of EMEA business development with immediate effect.
Ronnie brings with him extensive international business management experience in the Pro AV, custom installation and consumer electronics industry both in the UK and overseas. He will be responsible for developing Aquavision's international territories, partners, channels and vertical markets
Joining from Canadian AV solutions companies Paradigm Electronics and Anthem AV where as sales and business development manager he was responsible for all sales and development throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Ronnie previously held various senior sales management roles in organisations in the AV and CI sectors such as AMX, Imerge and Meridian Audio - working in the UK and internationally.
"Ronnie is well known in the industry and brings a wealth of international business development experience as well as valuable knowledge in both the UK and overseas sectors," says Alastair Benn, managing director of Aquavision. "He will be an asset to our fast-growing team at Aquavision."
Says Ronnie: "I have joined a progressive company at a very exciting time. I am looking forward to developing this great British brand.
"The industry is extremely fast moving, and it will be my job to grow the business and infrastructure as well as expanding the business overseas and appointing new distributors.
"The brand already has an excellent reputation and technically we have some of the leading experts in the field... people who are experienced in developing brands that are innovative but which also meet the real needs of our customers."
With full responsibility for developing markets in EMEA, Ronnie will play a key role in meeting the company's aggressive growth targets in addition to building on the organisation's outstanding reputation for providing quality and innovative televisions.
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