Press release
09.09.2011 - Sennheiser UK
Gerry Forde appointed Director of Sales for Sennheiser UK Pro and Install division
Sennheiser UK has announced the appointment of Gerry Forde as Director of Sales and Marketing – Pro and Install from 1st September, with the further responsibility for the MI division being added from 1st January 2012.
Gerry will be working for Sennheiser UK’s General Manager Phil Massey, taking on a strategic role within the UK, analysing and developing business in line with the Sennheiser Group’s five-year plan to consolidate its premium brand position in the market.
Gerry joined the pro audio industry in 1990, establishing distribution company Sennheiser Sales Ireland and then Roland Ireland in 1997.
“I will become part of a vey strong senior management team, which thrives under Phil’s leadership,” says Gerry. “Until now, Phil has direct responsibility for the Pro and Install divisions. My appointment will free up some of his time and help to steer the company into a new era.”
Gerry emphasises that he is joining a highly successful and well respected sales management team who have all been pivotal in the company completing many record breaking years of sales for their divisions.
“Gerry is the ideal person to take on this challenge,” adds Phil Massey. “He has worked with Sennheiser for over two decades and is deeply entrenched in every part of the business. He understands our ethos, our history, has a real feel for our future and his appointment ably completes our senior team.”
Gerry concludes, “This is an exciting role and I’m very much looking forward to it.”
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