As part of an
ongoing process of preparing for the next wave of growth, Martin Audio has
recently made two new strategic hires.
Firstly, Bash
Akhtar has joined as Operations Director. He has previously served as
Operations and Manufacturing Director of RLC Callender, Smiths Detection, and
Harmonic Inc. Bash has earned a Fellowship in Manufacturing Management
from Cranfield University and is a Manufacturing Systems Engineer from the
University of Hertfordshire.
Secondly, David
Morbey has joined as the company’s first dedicated Product Manager. He has
previously served as Global Product Marketing Manager at D&M Professional.
Commenting on the
hires, James King, Director of Marketing, said, “We’re delighted to have Bash
and David join us as we continue to build a world class team. Their expertise
will enable us to further grow the business and support our customer base.
“Bash comes to us
with a wealth of operational experience and knowledge from a variety of
industries and I look forward to his leadership in creating a world class
manufacturing facility right here in High Wycombe. David will bring new
discipline to product development and life-cycle management, alongside
developing deeper insights to application opportunities that will lay the path
for a better defined and even more successful product line up.”
These two new
hires are in addition to a number of other recent recruits: Andy Weingaertner
has beefed up sales in EMEA; Robin Dibble has come in to bolster the Product
Support Engineer team; Alan Josey has been confirmed as the new Finance
Director, strengthening the management team with over 20 years’ experience of
domestic and international manufacturing and engineering businesses; Carl
Davies has joined as Junior Mechanical Design Engineer, strengthening the
Mechanical Design team to three, and Nicole Thorne has supplemented the North
American team in sales admin support.
