Simon Phillips has been appointed as the commercial director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for the lighting business. He has 10 years experience in GE Lighting in Europe and prior to this 12 years with Thorn Lighting, holding a variety of European sales, product and marketing management roles. Phillips is based in the UK.
Christophe Pomeon is the new commercial leader for power protection business. He has worked with GE since 2003 and is based in Germany.
Supporting Phil Marshall's strategy for growth, GE Consumer & Industrial has also appointed new human resources and communications leaders to work across EMEA. Tibor Vörös, a 13-year GE Human Resources veteran, has been named HR director, GE Lighting & Industrial, EMEA, and Kinga Kalocsai, has been named communications and public relations manager for the business.
Speaking about the appointments Phil Marshall said, "These appointments are a critical part of our ongoing strategy to drive growth and increase our overall market share. The new leadership will help us to implement our strategy for growth in a consistent and coordinated way across EMEA."
(Jim Evans)
