Brett Newman has replaced Jerry Davies as managing director of Roland DG, UK & Ireland. Davies, after 14 years in the role, has been promoted to managing director of Roland DG EMEA.
Newman said of the move: “I am immensely proud to now be leading the UK business and look forward to building on the tremendous success we’ve achieved under Jerry’s leadership. Roland DG has always put people at the heart of everything it does - we’ve built our core proposition around people, passion and products, enabling customers to get the most out of the technology they have invested in. This is the key to a healthy business and an ethos I intend to maintain.”
Newman, who has also been with Roland for 14 years, starting out as an engineer and has over this time, held every major senior management position at Roland DG. He will be responsible for the company’s UK and Irish sales, service and marketing operations, and work closely with Davies in his new role.
Davies said of Newman: “He has a level of technical and market knowledge that places him amongst the very best in the industry. I am very confident he is exactly the right person to be at the helm of this business and steer it towards the many exciting opportunities the UK and Irish markets will present over the next few years.”
Newman’s son, Gareth, has recently secured a role as print operator with Reflex Sales and Marketing where he is responsible for running a Roland Soljet Pro 4 XR-640 wide-format inkjet printer/cutter.