Appointments

Arthur Agnew has been appointed chief operating officer at Bell Group:Bell Security and the other UK and Ireland businesses of the former Bell Group plc, acquired by Securitas in June last year. Arthur first joined Bell Security’s Scottish subsidiary in 1991, where he has served as operations director since 1997. Arthur’s appointment completes the quartet of Bell’s senior managers alongside Peter Ragnarsson (president), chairman Pat Curran and Edwin Strang, finance director.

Momentum – the London-based security recruitment arm of The Security Watchdog – has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of David Etherington as associate director. Etherington’s background as the former managing director of White & Nunn Holdings – coupled with nine years’ experience in blue chip recruitment – will prove important in his new role.

Darryl Marshall has joined the integrated systems division at Gardiner Security from Absolute Networks, where he was major accounts manager. Darryl’s prime focus in his new role will be to support the network installer channel and high end security integrators in the south of England who wish to become NVIP partners. Darryl’s sales experience and knowledge include Cisco security and firewalls, thin client technology, web design and Novell software products.

Rapid growth enjoyed by the award-winning unshielded twisted pair video transmission products manufacturer Network Video Technologies (NVT) is the catalyst for the appointment of Michael Murdoch as internal sales engineer. Hired to support the company’s sales activity, Michael’s key role will include dealing with customer enquiries and tracking sales orders to ensure the smooth delivery of stock.

Major Korean DVR manufacturer Kodicom has announced that J W Jyoung is to replace J H Ahn as managing director of Kodicom Europe. Jyoung boasts a successful management background, joining Kodicom from the SK Group (one of the five big conglomerates in Korea). Jyoung was vice president of the SK Group for 24 years. He’ll now use that experience to accelerate Kodicom Europe’s growth in the UK, French and German markets.

Underpinning its stated commitment to delivering the highest levels of customer service, Kirkby-in-Ashfield-based Mercury Packaging – the specialist flexible packaging and security products company – has strengthened its team with the appointment of Sam Palmer as customer services administrator.

FOR-A – the leading manufacturer of systems for the security industry – has announced the appointments of Jackson Kitahara (pictured) and Haruyuki Tomihara as md and technical director (respectively) of the firm’s UK operation.