Hanwha Techwin Expand European Sales Team

26 Apr 2017

Hanwha Techwin has announced a significant number of new additions to its Pan-European sales teams

Czech Republic and Slovakia
Jaroslav Novovesky has been appointed as a Business Development Manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Jaroslav, who has worked within the electronic security industry for almost 20 years, was until recently Business Development Manager for D-Link Europe and he has also worked for Honeywell Systems Group where he was Sales and Project Manager.

France
Alain Grinbaum has been appointed a senior member of the Hanwha Techwin business development team in France. Alain will be working at a strategic level with the company’s business partners in order to ensure it is positioned to compete for major video surveillance projects. Prior to joining Hanwha Techwin he was country manager for the video surveillance division of Canon and has previously been senior sales director of Aasset Security.

Germany
Jens Wittkamp joins Hanwha Techwin as Business Development Manager for Germany. Jens, who has worked within the electronic security industry for 17 years, was until recently Account Manager for the Enterprise Cabling & Security Solutions division of Anixter.

Till von der Osten has been recruited as B2C Business Development Manager for Hanwha Techwin’s home security range which includes smart home cameras, wireless baby monitors and ‘all-in-one’ CCTV kits. Till has worked within the retail electronic channel for over 14 years and prior to joining Hanwha Techwin Europe, was National Key Account Manager at Samsung Electronics GmbH.

Spain
Jordi Gracia Vergara, who joins Hanwa Techwin as a Business Development Manager for Spain, has worked within the electronic security industry for more than 30 years. He was until recently Key Account Manager for the security division of OHL Industry, and he has also worked for Niscayah/ Stanley Security Systems, Siemens Building Technologies and Securitas.

Turkey
Burak Demir has been appointed Business Development Manager for Turkey. Burak has worked within the electronic security industry since 2009 and prior to joining Hanwha Techwin was Company Manager for systems integration specialists, IBC Electronic Sec. Sys. Ltd. Co.

UK Ian Stewart has been appointed Business Development Manager and will be responsible for developing relationships with market influencers, including consultants, specifiers and system designers within the construction industry. Prior to joining Hanwha Techwin, Ian was a Business Sales Consultant for Honeywell Building Solutions and he has previously worked for ADT Fire & Security as a Key Account Manager.

Luke Duncanson has joined as a Field Sales Executive – North, and will provide pre-sales support to the fast growing list of installers and systems integrators who are choosing to recommend Wisenet video surveillance solutions to their clients. Prior to joining Hanwha Techwin he was a sales executive for Elite Digital Systems.

Building on success
“With the support of our parent company, the Hanwha Group, we are determined to build on the success we have achieved across Europe over recent years by investing in the recruitment of additional high calibre pre and post sales personnel,” said Bob (H.Y.) Hwang Ph.D., Managing Director of Hanwha Techwin. “We welcome all our new sales colleagues to the fast growing Hanwha Techwin team and we are looking forward to putting their expertise and regional knowledge of the security sector to good use. They will all play an important role in helping us identify new sales opportunities for our business partners, made possible by the exciting and innovative technology we have built into our Wisenet products.”

The new appointments coincide with the recent launch of the Hanwha Techwin Wisenet X camera series which is supercharged by the most powerful chipset ever incorporated into a full camera range. Hanwha Techwin believes Wisenet X defines a new standard for IP cameras and together with the premium 4K Wisenet P and feature rich Wisenet Q cameras introduced in 2016, enables the company to provide an effective and affordable camera solution for any IP network based video project.