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Ken gets ready to pen his next chapter
After 20 years with News Limited, Ken Mullins is calling it a day.

On 30 March, Mullins will retire and return overseas to Kentucky. As News Limited’s group printing system manager, his association with the giant media group began long before he was even working for them. “I used to work for a company called Napp Systems, and News Limited were one of my biggest customers,” he recounts.

Mullins then spent time working as a consultant for News International during the industrial dispute before being offered a job by News Limited as a quality control manager for Mirror newspapers.

“From there I moved into group technical department and joined the project team that was appointed to build the new print centres for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane,” he said. “After the project was completed in 1994 I was appointed as the group printing systems manager for the News Limited group of newspapers.”

There was nothing ‘soft’ about his time spent at News Limited, and the constant pace is what Mullins liked most about his role there. “The most enjoyable thing was the hard word, hard play and unique characters in the industry,” he said.

Returning to Kentucky, Mullins is looking forward to catching up with old friends and family. “Then I will decide what the next chapter in my life will be about,” he said.

Peter climbs the corporate ladder


Peter Cottam is no stranger to the printing industry.

“I was born in the industry,” he said. “I’ve been involved in printing all my life.”

It should come as no surprise, then, to learn that he’s recently joined CPI, Sydney to take up the position of corporate business development manager. “It’s a newly-created position designed to meet the demands of corporates we’re dealing with,” he said. His main agenda is to help people see what they can do to improve their business in terms of environmental and social responsibilities. Peter (pictured) stresses that, “I’m not actually selling, just giving them advice.”

Scott snaps up marketing position


With a background in photography, Scott Strothers comes to Roland DG to take up the position of marketing co-ordinator.

Assisting the operations and marketing manager with ads, promotions and other media-related work, Strothers admits to thoroughly enjoying his new role. Having spent almost nine years involved with photography “shooting jellybeans through to cars and everything in-between”, it is the team at Roland DG that has impressed him most.

“I really enjoy the dedicated team they’ve got here,” he said. “Most of the employees have been here for a long time.”

CPI is music to Simon’s ears


Simon Clarke’s days spent hunched over a computer screen are a thing of the past now that he’s taken on the role of paper specifier at CPI, Sydney.

Originally working as a graphic designer within the music industry, Clarke (pictured) realised that “I prefer dealing with people rather than sitting in front of a computer.”

So he’s abandoned designing posters and CD covers for the likes of Australian Idol and Kasey Chambers to instead focus on calling in on design agencies and studios and showing them examples of specialty papers. “I show them what’s out there and what they can use,” he said.