Venture Lighting Europe has announced some new strategic changes to its management structure with a number of newly appointed directors.
The company has appointed three new directors, Paul Mettham, Yvonne Savage and Chris Alexander and promoted Phil Croker to senior management in order to reinforce Venture Lighting Europe’s business success and company growth.
Over the last eighteen months, Venture has successfully moved into the quality LED luminaire market whilst maintaining its established position in HID technology. The new management changes are designed to build on this success and increase innovation and product development in LED and drive more sales for a greater market share.
Richard Morris, Managing Director of Venture Lighting Europe commented, “We are delighted to welcome the new members, Chris Alexander, Yvonne Savage and Paul Mettham to the board and we are confident that we are now well placed to take Venture to the next level of growth”.
Product and Marketing Director, Paul Mettham, has worked in the lighting industry for 20 years, with particular involvement in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design/Management and Marketing sectors. Paul gained a BA Honours degree in Industrial Design and Marketing and before entering the lighting industry designed components for both TVR and Jaguar. Paul joined Venture Lighting in early 2016 and became Product and Marketing Director in December 2016.
In alignment with Venture Lighting’s new strategic direction, Paul’s duties include managing product design and development, mechanical engineering, technical duties and all aspects involved within the marketing of each new product prior to its release into the market place.
Yvonne Savage joins Venture Lighting as its newly appointed Sales Director for the UK and Europe, with a background of 28 years in the lighting industry across consumer, distribution, OEM and specification sectors. As Sales Director, Yvonne with her sales team will strengthen the company’s business relationships, together with working and supporting its channel partners, governing bodies and respected members of EDA and LIA.
Yvonne was previously National Sales Director at GE Lighting and has gained a number of management course leadership awards for coaching and mentoring sales teams, with an excellent reputation for her strong working relationship with those in the lighting