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"I love Durban. Quite surprisingly, Durban is a melting pot of creativity," says Michael. "It is home to a host of talented people and so many creative ideas are born here. Even though the city of Durban can't support the magic being created by its inhabitants, the magic continues to flow. We don't have the money or the resources that our sister cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town have so we have to make the magic less with technology and more with cunning and guile. On another level, I have lived here my entire life, it's the place I know, so it's also a part of who I am."

For a number of years, Nick Barnes has manned the DWR Durban branch alone, but now he is thrilled to have a colleague. F

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"We are thrilled to bring René back in this new role," says Thorsten Reuber, interim CEO of DPA Microphones. "DPA has been experiencing exceptional growth and success in presenting new products to the public, and we are excited to continue this prosperity with René. We look forward to leveraging his knowledge and experience in the field to maintain DPA's position as an industry leader."

As product manager, M°rch will act as the bridge between the Sales, Marketing and Research & Development departments. He will gather information from the market through internal and external sources, and will be a part of the team that decides short- and long-term prod

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Power will be responsible for ensuring continued growth of the business. This includes the responsibility of overall strategy and management of its sales, marketing and admin teams, as well as the development of innovative and effective new initiatives to support, enhance and grow the business and its practice.

Joining Source following his role as European director of Yamaha Music Europe's Professional Music Division, Power draws upon a strong management record, having been responsible for leading pan-European sales and marketing strategic planning, operation, and performance reviews, as well as developing and championing best practices in its sales and marketing teams on a multinational scale.

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In his new position, Maclaughlin will help Genelec focus on sales to educational institutions and students, as well as present seminars and act as brand ambassador to the educational market. He will report to Lisa Kaufmann, Genelec Inc. managing director, and work closely with Paul Stewart, Genelec Inc. Eastern territory sales manager, on new and ongoing sales initiatives. For the past four years, Maclaughlin has served as the vice president of sales for Parsons Audio.

"Dave's diverse background, especially his expertise in audio education, makes him a perfect fit for this position," states Genelec's Will Eggleston. "He knows the priorities,

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Benoit Cabot is promoted to director of R&D while Marc Weber joins in a director capacity to launch a new Product and Brand management division. They join director James Oliver to continue the strengthening of a young leadership team that has been instrumental in the increased visibility of the brand.

"Our product vision has endured generations and we've built a management team that will lead it through many more," explains Brock Adamson, founder and president of Adamson Systems Engineering. "We're driven by engineering and the production of high performance systems; not a corporate obsession of satisfying a group of investors. Our young leadership has been tasked to maintain this focus while our company rapidly expands."

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Bram is already well known to many in the world of entertainment technology lighting. Based in Belgium, his character, communication skills, quick wit and extensive network of contacts have helped establish him as an industry 'personality'.

This coupled with an intense passion and commitment to the Robe brand in recent years will make him "a great asset to our international team" says Robe CEO Josef Valchar, adding, "We are very pleased to have Bram on-board, his energy and enthusiasm is infectious and his experience is very valuable. We and the whole Robe distribution network welcome him and look forward to many positive results working together."

The scope of Bram's work at Robe will include developing the expanding and dynamic Robe community, liaising with clients,

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The company's R&D department welcomes Charlotte Gegout. Charlotte brings 10 years of experience as a sound technician in the entertainment industry, before she completed her degree at the prominent Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) and graduated as an acoustical engineer. Since joining APG in June, Charlotte has taken on a research project on the development of new technologies in acoustic loads.

APG's sales department has also expanded with the addition of Maxence Castelain, the company's new client support engineer. Maxence graduated as an engineer in 2015, and has already spent a year at APG in the R&D department to work on th

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Managing director Dennis Drumm states, "Day to day management of our sales and marketing departments will remain with their existing skilled and very effective managers, Alan Smith and Simon Turnbull, with the purpose of the change being to create operational efficiencies by more closely integrating the relationship between the departments concerned with a view and to further enhancing our customers' overall experience of dealing with JHS."

Paul Smith comments, "We operate within a customer driven dynamic environment, and JHS must be in a position to service the needs of all of our

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This recent expansion signals the company's significant growth outside the UK and the need to increase the administration team to meet this demand. Both Loyola and Valentina are multilingual. They will work closely on a day to day basis with export sales managers and export customers.

"As our Export business continues to grow, we need to ensure that all areas of the business have the support necessary to deliver the high level of service that our customers have come to expect from us," said Keith Dutch, sales & operations director. "Loyola and Valentina are great additions to the team with their sales admin expertise and excellent language skills."

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Dave Gillett joins as head of technical, while Karl Travers and Rhys Williams both come on-board as senior project managers, all bringing a fund of experience, knowledge and excellent contacts to the PR Live equation led by founder and MD, Ian Coull.

Ian comments, "I'm delighted to welcome Dave, Karl and Rhys to PR Live, and we all look forward to the hectic pace continuing for the rest of the year. It's great to attract three people of this calibre to join our excellent and highly committed team who all share our core values, ideas and personality."

Dave Gillett has a decade of industry experience, starting off with a lighting company i

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John will be based at the all new head office in Bristol, leading a team servicing a wide range of customers within the theatre, broadcast and event markets.

John joined the entertainment world over 25 years ago at the Northcott Theatre where he completed the apprenticeship scheme under the tutelage of Maurice Marshal MBE. John started at Stage Electrics, working in their hire warehouse, during the summer of 1990 in Exeter and within a year moved to Bristol and joined the events department where he spent many years working with Europe's major production companies delivering state of the art events.

"I am looking forward to the next part of our journey and it is a huge honour to be able to do it with th

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d&b has appointed a number of high calibre professionals from both inside and outside the industry to form the new advisory board.

Occupying the role of chairman and supporting the overall company strategy development and implementation is Dr. Rolf Hagemann, ex-CFO and deputy CEO of Media-Saturn, Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer. Prior to this, Hagemann spent 12 years with BMW AG in a number of top management positions, including his final r

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Cliff Dounting commented, "I want to thank the people that have made my journey so special and I will miss working with such a great bunch of colleagues that make up Team Leisuretec."

Mike Henden further commented, "Our business has seen many market and economic changes over the last 26 years and inevitably personnel come and go as well. I am proud to say that I have always reinvested in Leisuretec to ensure that it is robust and does not rely too heavily on one or two single aspects, whether it be

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Kathy Tanner joins Bandit as the senior payroll administrator, handling every aspect of payroll and payroll reporting for all of Bandit's offices. With over a decade of experience, she most recently worked as the office manager for Oak Ridge Housing Authority.

"I am extremely excited to become a member of the Bandit team and work with such a talented and accomplished group of people," Tanner said.

Shay Simpson has been promoted to controller, placing her in charge of Bandit's entire accounting operations. "The promotion to Controller for Bandit Lites is an incredible opportunity, and for that I am humbly grateful," said Simpson. "I understand with this position comes great responsibility, but I am excited for the challenges to come.

"Shay has be

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One of the UK's most prolific and accomplished sound designers, Rick Clarke started out as a roadie and mix engineer for the 1970s band Medicine Head and The Grateful Dead. He went on to enjoy a successful career in theatre, especially musicals.

In 1980, Clarke joined the staff of the National Theatre, under Peter Hall, and worked there for four years. He was fondly remembered by the National's technical coordinator Rob Barnard as "a very capable technician - fearless, self-confident and a lot of fun".

Clarke himself recalled Richard Eyre's 1982 Guys and Dolls as a stand-out National production that helped to make musicals more highly regarded by the theatre establishment.

He left the National in 1984 to work on Howard Goodall's groundbrea

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Kavanagh will take on this new role as head of entertainment lighting with immediate effect, which will see him relocating to Dallas, Texas where he is tasked with growing Philips Lighting's presence in the entertainment sector - specifically with lighting for theaters, festivals, experiential retail outlets, theme parks, arts venues, exhibition spaces, leisure venues, holiday destinations and the night club industry.

Kavanagh has extensive commercial and technical experience pertinent to his new role.

"I am developing a sector-specific strategy that will greatly enhance how the Entertainment team works and take the business to the next level," explains Kavanagh. "At Philips Lighting, we have an unparalle

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Dawn has designed lighting on Broadway, Off Broadway, the New York City Opera, regional theatres across the country, and concert tours. A few highlights include Zoot Suit on Broadway; work at Manhattan Theatre Club, Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Guthrie Theatre; and a Paul Anka tour. Dawn has earned two Drama-Logue Critics' Awards and numerous nominations around the cou

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"I have been watching Elation's progress over the last few years and am extremely excited and proud to be part of its drive forward," he stated upon starting in the position. "With innovative award-winning products they have a team who has a passion for lighting and a great work ethos."

David's new position as key account manager at Elation encompasses maintaining contact with lighting designers and rental/supply companies while developing and managing business in TV & film studios, theatres and night venues. He will also be responsible for managing

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Wu reports directly to Richard Laberge, vice president, international sales at Calibre. The appointment coincides with Calibre's first presence at the upcoming LED China event where the sales and engineering team will be present to meet with local manufacturers as well as visiting organizations looking brand their own equipment inventory.

Based at Calibre's global headquarters in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK, Wu joins Calibre from several years in the local manufacturing industry, working in senior management where he acted as the service point between clients and suppliers.

CEO Tim Brooksbank says the appointment results from Calibre's increased presence in the Asia Pacific region and China in particular. "Wu's great knowledge of Chinese business culture and internationa

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Senior project manager, Rob Whitaker explained, "Main contractors and venue operators alike are increasingly looking for a single provider for the complete package of audio, video and lighting. With the integration of technologies and the infrastructures now being designed into many venues, this is also a logical progression.

"Whilst this is something Marquee has always provided, we have also partnered with lighting specialists on larger projects. Bringing Paul on board now expands our capability to handle projects of any size or complexity completely in-house."

Paul Barker continued, "I'm really pleased to be joining Marquee A

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Robe Lighting s.r.o. CEO and co-founder Josef Valchar said, "We welcome Jens to the Robe Family. He is very well respected and liked in our industry, his passion for the business and can-do approach is a perfect fit with our core values, and we are really excited about the future that lies ahead in the Asia Pacific region".

Jens opened and ran the Singapore office of MA Lighting for the last nine years. He knows about the demands, expectations and pressures of heading up a pivotal regional sales operation for a global brand and premium European based manufacturer that is also a market lead

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In this role, Tom will focus predominantly on managing the hire aspects of the various markets in which WL works. He comments, "I am absolutely delighted to be joining WL at such an exciting time. Whether it's corporate events, broadcast, education, trade, retail, or themed attractions, we have a strong reputation in each of these fields and this is something I will be looking to further strengthen."

Tom joins from Vision SL, a technical production company that he founded in 2009. A technical solutions company, Vision SL began by supplying lighting and audio to various bars and clubs. It then progressed into supplying events and festivals before the company began to specialise in video projection and LED mapping. As part of Tom's involvement, Vision SL will bec

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JP de Vernon has come on board as the sales representative for Africa and started at the company a month ago. He takes over Johnny Scholtz' position who will now handle architectural sales at DWR. Initially JP will have the hardest task, travelling to Africa and dealing with new clients and people he has never met before.

With Dave Whitehouse relocating to the UK, Kevin Stannett joins the team to handle sales in theatres, schools, broadcast, television studios and casinos. "When Dave told me he was leaving DWR and moving back to the UK it broke me," said Duncan. "One evening I phoned Kevin and asked if he would be interested in joining us. I think what is good is that Kevin, a talented lighting designer, has a background to Back of House so he is not trying to sell a produc

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Jeff Vogt joined Bandit 14 years ago as the network administrator, and was recently promoted to director of computer resources, making him responsible for the global information technology of all operations of Bandit Lites. "I'm very grateful and honoured for the promotion and the trust Michael Strickland has giving me," said Vogt of his promotion.

"Being with the company for almost 15 years as network admin has given me the knowledge to succeed in my new role with Bandit Lites, and I'm looking forward to the bright future that I can bring the company in my position."

With Jeff Vogt's promotion, Bandit hired Steve Feathers at Bandit's Nashville office as the network administrator, where he maintains servers, security solutions an