Appointments

19 November 2003 News

Craig Clarke, the managing director of electrical and mechanical engineering firm, Clinkscales Maughan-Brown, has been inaugurated as president of the South African Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE).

Arrow Altech Distribution has appointed the following: Riaan van Kooten: account manager - KwaZulu-Natal; Ritesh Rampershad: field application engineer - KwaZulu-Natal; Rodney Farrow: product manager - Philips Semiconductors; Dominique Friedl: field sales engineer - Gauteng.

Landis+Gyr has appointed Pieter van Niekerk as operations manager.

Arrow Altech Distribution has also announced these changes to the company structure: Andre du Preez, as general manager: sales, will manage both the KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town branches; Phillip Laubscher, as general manager: sales, will continue to manage the Gauteng business unit and will also assume responsibility for the Contract Manufacturing Services department; Rodger Warren, as general manager: marketing, will be responsible for the engineering and asset departments as well as AAD's marketing initiatives.

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