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usiness: peopleNew Sales Director forAndrews Water Heatersand Potterton CommercialGavin Watson moves fromBusiness Developmentand National AccountsManager to Sales Director forAndrews Water Heaters andPotterton Commercial.In his new role Gavin takes on overallresponsibility for both sales teams aswell as the internal sales teams,ensuring the ordering processes aremeeting customer requirements.Gavin brings with him his experienceand contacts forged whilst interfacingwith consultants and specifiers oflarger projects and with majormerchant customers. Whilstresponsibility for National Accounts atregional level will now be taken on bythe respective Sales Managers, Gavinwill maintain personal contact withcustomers’ head office based keydirectors. For the immediate future,Gavin will also continue as the maincontact for consultants and specifiersinvolved in major projects.Crucially, Gavin will provide the mainlink between Managing Director, PaulHardy and the sales teams, and willreport to him directly regarding allmatters pertaining to sales activity. It isalso intended that Gavin will workmore closely with the technical andservice side of the business, as this iswhere the new developments begintheir life cycle.“The new development programme isthe life blood of this business,particularly where low and zero carbonproducts are concerned”, says Gavin .“The way I see it, the sooner everyonein the sales team has the opportunityto become involved with bringing themto the market, the better will be ourcustomers’ understanding of theoptions and benefits open to them”.“For this philosophy to succeed, firstclass support is required for the salesteams” observes Paul Hardy.Reader Reply no: 111105Elementus - the newname for emsElementus Ltd is the new name announced forindependent health, safety and environmentalconsultancy ems (Environmental Monitoring Services Ltd)of Horsham, West Sussex.Effective from the 23rd April 2008, the change of name marks anothermilestone in the company’s 22 years of development and continuous growth.“The Elementus name refreshes our branding and strengthens the company’sidentity with a name that is distinctive, memorable and relevant to ourphilosophy of providing individual, straightforward and practical advice,” statesManaging Director, Paul Foxcroft. Adding “The new identity better reflects thegrowing diversity of our service portfolio and better expresses the real andunique differences in what we do and how we do it.”Paul continues, “It is not just a change of name and logo. The new brandconveys some of the key attributes, values and aspirations of the business;such as being personal, being reliable and keeping it simple; plus providing thesafe pair of hands our customers rely on. Keeping the same strong colourschemes and incorporating the letters e, m, and s into the name has allowedus to demonstrate continuity and make the important point that only the namehas changed”.In conjunction with the change of name from ems, is the further enhancementof the existing and successful strategy of providing independent advice in allareas of strategy, management, assessment, training and support. It ismaintaining its pioneering attitude by leading the way in new and growingareas such as Energy, CSR and Sustainability. With its willingness, ability andexperience to provide unique, customer friendly, and uncomplicated advice,Elementus is lookingforward to the next 20years.Reader ReplyNo.: 112046New Managing Directorhelps OCS sustaingrowthThe £630 million OCSinternational propertysupport services groupwelcomes three newManaging Directors tosupport the strongcontinuing growth of thecompany’s core business:David Brown joins thecatering division fromCompass, Paul Jacomb joinsthe security division from ISSPegasus and Jim Melvinjoins Strand – the specialistcleaning and support servicewhich is part of the OCSgroup - from Pall Mall.OCS chief executive Chris Cracknellpledged to maintain the momentum ofrecent years by making strategic keyappointments to take the businessforward in line with group targets. “Iam delighted to welcome David, Pauland Jim to their new roles,” said Chris.“Each has a proven track record atdirector level within their field and allhave much to bring in terms ofexperience and knowledge. I amconfident their contribution will addstrength to our management team at atime of considerable growth and willHochki boosts sales& marketing teamsHochiki Europe, whichdesigns, manufacturesand markets a broadselection of fire detectionand alarm products, hasstrengthened its UK andexport sales teams and itsmarketing department withseveral key appointments.UK Sales Manager, Graham Lowe,has boosted his team with theappointment of Martin Green asRegional Sales Manager for theSouth West of England and SouthWales. Martin brings to his new role14 years industry experience withHochiki products and a wealth ofknowledge on system design,engineering and commissioning.The export sales team has beenstrengthened with theappointment of Olga Ivanova asExport Account Manager forCentral / Eastern Europe, Russiaand CIS, and Rohit Harjani asExport Account Manager forNorthern and Western Europeand the Indian sub-continent.They report to Export SalesManager, Pervez Khan. BothOlga and Rohit bring to Hochikian in-depth understanding of theplay a significant part in our continuingsuccess.”OCS was ranked 64 last year for thesecond year running based onturnover in the Sunday Times KPMGTop Track 100 privately ownedbusinesses. The group, which begantrading over 100 years ago, employs61,000 people across five continentsand provides a comprehensiveportfolio of services from engineeringand hygiene services to cleaning,catering, security, pest control andhorticulture. Its clients include majorpublic and private corporations insectors ranging from healthcare tofinance and banking.Reader Reply No: 111064business environment and legislativerequirements of their markets.Katie White has joined the marketingteam based in Gillingham in Kent asMarketing Assistant, where she isworking alongside MarketingManager, Yasmin Butt, on a numberof new initiatives for 2008.Commenting on these latestappointments, Managing Director, MsMinako Adachi says: “HochikiEurope’s success to date has beenbuilt on developing close and mutuallybeneficial relationships with ourtrading partners, consultants andcustomers, and establishing the nameHochiki as being synonymous withtechnical excellence, marketawareness and world-class service.”Reader Reply No: 11103766