Mackwell appoints René Joppi as Commercial Director
Mackwell, the global leaders in lighting technology solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of René Joppi to their senior management team as Commercial Director. René has been responsible for the Middle East Office for the past two years and has achieved considerable success over that period, leading to significant growth in the region.
In his new role, René will be picking up the responsibility for the Global Commercial Sales teams, Product Management, Research & Development and Marketing. In addition to the new appointment René will also continue to be responsible for the Middle East Region.
During the next couple of month’s René will relocate from Dubai to the UK, where his new base will be. Having worked for major global lighting brands René brings both the knowledge and the skill that the role requires.
Talking about his new role, René commented “Mackwell has a long and successful history in the emergency lighting landscape and played a significant part throughout the past years in developing standards and best practices for the emergency lighting industry. I am looking forward to the opportunity to support Mackwell globally and work even closer with the commercial and technical teams all over the world. There are great opportunities around us and I am 100% confident that together we will be able to define a successful path for growth for the company."
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