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Lex Business Equipment Sales Director Sam
Elphick was one of three candidates on the
shortlist for
Young IT Professional of 2016
at last month’s Insider Young Professionals
Awards.
The awards, held at The Lowry Hotel in
Manchester, celebrate the North West’s up and
coming business stars.
Elphick said: “It is incredibly humbling to be
nominated for such a sought-after award and,
even more so, to be shortlisted to the final three,
against some very tough competition.”
Elphick joined the family firm in 2007. He
was appointed sales manager in 2009 and Sales
Director last year.
On the shortlist
Channel CSR
Abseil for autism
Simon Chapman, Managing Director of
Kent-based Temple Knight, has successfully
completed the biggest challenge of his
life, abseiling 230 feet down the side of
50 Bank Street, Canary Wharf.
He undertook the challenge, which he
describes as ‘far out of his comfort zone’, to raise
money for the National Autistic Society.
Chapman said: “My son was diagnosed with
ASD last summer and it’s been difficult trying to
understand his condition and seek help so we
can educate ourselves in how to best support his
needs. Apart from raising money for The National
Autistic Society, I also hope to raise awareness of
ASD conditions.”
Chapman6
DMC sets £10k fundraising target
DMC has set a target to raise £10,000 for
the Starlight Children’s Foundation before
planitgreen’s fifth birthday next March. It aims
to do this through on-the-box donations (25p
for every planitgreen toner sold), as well as
staff fundraising activities and sporting events.
Starlight Children’s Foundation grants once-in-
a-lifetime wishes for seriously and terminally ill
children.
Goats for Gorkha
Xeretec and its employees have raised
thousands of pounds to help victims of the
Nepalese earthquake, which devastated
parts of the Gorkha region last April.
Through a combination of staff fund-raising
initiatives and a matching donation from Xeretec,
£5,000 has been raised to buy 100 goats for
villagers affected by the earthquake, which
measured 7.8 on the Richter scale.
Goats are a financial life-line for thousands
of affected families. Milk provides sustenance;
young kid goats are sold or traded for other
goods and services; and older female goats are
sold for breeding.
Kodak Alaris
strengthens senior team
Kodak Alaris has appointed Rick Costanzo
as president and general manager of its
Information Management (IM) division.
The IM division operates in 27 countries and
delivers hardware, software and services that
enable customers to automate business processes
and accelerate their digital transformation.
Previously, Costanzo held senior positions at
SAP, where he was executive vice president for
the telecommunications industry and enterprise
mobility solutions, and at BlackBerry, where he
was executive vice president of Global Sales and
Regional Marketing.
He said: “Our channel partners are on the
front line. Their efforts directly impact our ability
to deliver value to end-customers. So we are
rapidly rolling out new training and marketing
programs to help them function more effectively
as an extended arm of Kodak Alaris.”
Enhanced support for
print channel
Technology products distributor Exertis has
strengthened its specialist print and channel
support following a period of consistent
growth. New appointments include a Ricoh
specialist (Sam Halstead); an Oki specialist
(Emily Davy); three field-based channel
account managers dedicated to print; and
two business managers to oversee the office
automation (OA) and commercial sectors.
Jamie Brothwell, print general manager at
Exertis, said: “The print business has grown
significantly year-on-year and the time is right
to invest in the specialist and channel support
teams. Customers can now directly benefit
from our more in-depth knowledge of vendor
technologies, increased face-to-face touch points
and accelerated insight into opportunities, such as
office automation”.
Lombard, the UK’s largest asset finance provider, has
strengthened the sales team in its specialist technology
division, Lombard Technology Services (LTS).
As part of its growth strategy, LTS is implementing a new
structure, including Regional Sales Directors for London, the North
and the South; a Head of Large Corporate; and a Head of Business
Support. All will report to Keith Nowland, Head of Sales at LTS.
The new Regional Sales Directors are Paul Smuts (London), Neil
Atherton (South) and Mark Barrow (North). Andy Reid has been
made Head of Large Corporate and Karen Lyons is now Head of
Business Support.
Duane Snelling, Managing Director of LTS, said: “The new team
will enable us to expand our capacity, while allowing us to work
more closely and effectively with our colleagues within Lombard,
NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland.”
He added: “We know there is a growing demand for investment
in technology. Our new team means that we are equipped to manage
this and to support our customers’ funding needs and also to manage
their assets effectively throughout their useful working life.”
LTS reinforces
sales team
Senior appointment at
Spicers
Spicers has appointed Ian Oakes as Regional
Sales Director for the Southern Region. A former
Spicers employee, Oakes has more than 25 years’
experience in the office supplies sector, including
senior roles in both dealer and wholesale
businesses.
Sam Halstead
Keith Nowland
Rick Costanzo
Emily Davy
