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Director of Sales Appointment
Director of Sales Appointment.
About this update from Gooch & Housego Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Gooch & Housego PLC\n17 July 2007\n\n\n\nFor immediate release 17 July 2007\n\n\n Gooch & Housego PLC\n\n NEW DIRECTOR of SALES JOINS GOOCH AND HOUSEGO.\n\n\nGooch and Housego, the specialist manufacturer of advanced optoelectronic\ncomponents, materials, instruments and systems has appointed a new Director of\nSales.\n\nPaul Morris, a Physics graduate of Aston University, joins the company from\nBookham, the technology company who acquired Nortel's Optical Components\nDivision in 2003 where Mr Morris was European Sales Director.\n\nHe will spearhead the development of a new co-ordinated global sales team and\nmore customer-focussed sales strategy for the PLC's five complementary\nsubsidiaries soon to be re-launched as a single integrated business.\n\nGareth Jones, CEO of Gooch and Housego PLC, said: 'We are delighted to welcome\nPaul and the experience and enthusiasm he brings. His arrival comes at an\nexciting time for the Group and his understanding of the demands of technology\nmarkets will be vital to our plans; to improve our business by combining the\ncore skills in our various businesses to both develop innovative new products\nand optimise our client service'.\n\nThe Gooch and Housego Group currently have a truly multi-national components and\nmaterials manufacturing base through their subsidiaries around the world; NEOS\nTechnologies and Cleveland Crystals in the USA; Landwehr Electronics in Germany;\nGooch and Housego and the recently acquired SIFAM Fibre Optics in the UK.\nBringing the combined abilities of these specialists to an increasingly\ndemanding world market will be Paul Morris' main focus.\n\nWhen asked what it was about the Gooch and Housego position that attracted him\nhe said: 'Having successfully managed a European sales force, the opportunity to\nnot only manage but create a world-wide sales team was a real challenge. And\nwhen I heard the ambitious plans that Gareth Jones had to transform the Gooch\nand Housego Group, I knew it was an opportunity not to be missed'.\n\nPaul Morris took up his new position on 9th July 2007 and will spend his first\nfew weeks travelling the world to meet with key clients, and the management and\nstaff of the various Gooch and Housego companies, in order to finalise his plans\nto turn their business potential into a reality.\n\n\nFor further information please ...