Appointments

APPOINTMENTS

Peter Hawkins

Eclipse Digital Solutions has welcomed Peter Hawkins as its new divisional manager.

Peter brings a wealth of hands-on security industry experience to the company.

“I’m delighted to be joining Eclipse at such a crucial point in its development and looking forward to helping it become even more successful,” said Peter.

“I’ve worked in the industry for 35 years in a wide range of roles from installer and project manager to divisional operations director. My belief in forging strong working partnerships with clients, understanding and planning for their needs and tailoring the service provided to meet their exact requirements is also how Eclipse does business.”

Peter is tasked with expanding Eclipse’s client base in the south of England.

Rhys Jones & Lesley Tollan

Quality Essential Distribution has officially announced the internal promotion of Rhys Jones to Sales Manager and the new appointment of Lesley Tollan as Sales Account Manager.

Rhys joined QED as an Account Manager in 2018 and since then has developed a strong network of customers and built up a vast amount of invaluable product knowledge.

One of his first priorities was to look at what the business needed and Rhys immediately hit the ground running by recruiting Lesley Tollan to the position of Sales Account Manager.

Steven Cunningham

Door Group, a unit of Assa Abloy Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, has appointed Steven Cunningham as a Project Manager to strengthen the team, managing supply-only projects.

Steven boasts a wealth of industry knowledge and a thorough understanding of the different functions within the business, having worked for Door Group for 14 years in various departments such as the Stores, the Estimating Team, the Trade Department and Sales. After a brief role elsewhere, he returned to the business earlier this year, with renewed focus and ambition. Brian Sofley, MD for Door Group, adds: “We’re really pleased to have Steven back on board with us now working as a Project Manager.” Andy Turner

C-TEC has appointed Andy Turner as its new Business Development Manager for System Sales.

With over 25 years’ experience in the fire industry including nine years as one of C-TEC’s Technical Fire Account Managers, Andy has a wealth of experience and is set to play a key role in identifying new business opportunities and assisting the company’s transition into a complete systems solutions provider.

Andy’s primary objective in the newlycreated role will be to increase the specification and sales of the new “CAST protocol powered” fire alarm systems including Hush, its new BS 5839-6 Grade C domestic fire alarm solution and its EVAC-ALERT BS 8629 compliant evacuation alert system.

Chris Goode

Kings Secure Technologies has announced the appointment of Chris Goode to the role of Business Director for Cougar Monitoring. “Chris joins Cougar Monitoring with a wealth of sales and operational experience in the security sector. His experience in the Voids space combined with his commitment to delivering service through technology will help us gain a leading position in this evolving sector. We are delighted to have a steady hand at the helm as we continue to broaden our customer base.” said Darren Gamage, Group COO.

Prior to joining Cougar Monitoring, Chris held a number of senior positions within the Security sector, most recently for Profile Security Services.