Status: For Immediate Release
Ref.: ATPR 0019 – Paul Sandy
Date: 08 September 2009
APPOINTMENT NEWS
AVENIR TELECOM HIRES PAUL SANDY TO DRIVE NEW BUSINESS
Ex-Samsung/20:20mobile business manager joins thriving indirect sales team
Avenir Telecom, the UK's leading business-to-business telecoms distributor, today announces the addition of Paul Sandy to its indirect sales team. His role will be to focus on the acquisition of new business, both in established and new markets. Paul joins Avenir, as National Account Manager, in the midst of its 20th anniversary year, bringing with him 10 years of experience at retail, operator, manufacturer and distribution levels.
He joins from 20:20mobile where he was Regional Business Manager, responsible for trade sales to the retail channel. He previously spent three years with Samsung, initially as part of its Retail & Distribution team, managing its Elect programme, and then in account management, working with distribution customers on handsets and accessories. He has also spent two years with Vodafone.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Avenir during this landmark year," Paul reports. "The company has a well respected business process for growth and retention and I'm looking forward to putting this in place with new clients as they come on board. This business process is on-line for all to see1 and it's something, I believe, sets Avenir apart from its competitors."
"Paul fits into the heart of our team," explains Avenir Telecom's Managing Director Andy Tow. "Avenir has broadened its offering across new areas such as fixed-line broadband and accessories in recent months, so Paul will bolster the team dedicated to our traditional core, plus help to build on all the new opportunities. His decade of solid, mobile-specific experience will mean he integrates quickly with our clients and channel partners."
1 See page 48 of the latest edition of Talking Shop, Avenir's monthly magazine, at www.avenir-telecom.co.uk/talkingshop
About Avenir Telecom
Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, Avenir Telecom is one of Europe's biggest and longest-standing distributors of telephony products and services. In the UK, Avenir focuses on the distribution of airtime, accessories and IT/telecoms convergence solutions in the business-to-business space. It works with the leading B2B network operators including O2, 3, Orange and Opal, the business-to-business division of the TalkTalk group. Avenir employs over 3,000 people across six countries: Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom. It is listed on the NYSE Euronext - Compartment B (Euronext Paris). Its shares form part of the CAC All shares, CAC Mid & Small 190, CAC Small 90, IT CAC, Next150 and SBF 250 indices. ISIN: FR0000066052. Reuters: AVOM.LN. Bloomberg: AVT:FP. More info: www.avenir-telecom.co.uk.
Media Contact
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