Winds of Change - Wall, Oggero, Lowery, Weaver

John Wall moves up at Roland DG

In its silver anniversary year, Roland DG announces a management reshuffle, with former sales director, John Wall, stepping up as the new general manager of Roland DG Australia. In his new role, Wall will oversee the Australian and Master Distributor operations as they seek to consolidate industry leadership within Australia.

Wall said, “This is an exciting time for Roland DG Australia as we celebrate 25 years in Australia, and we look forward to continued success in this market and within the ASEAN region also."

Marc Margetts will remain as CEO of Roland DG Australia, but will take on a more global perspective with Roland DG Japan, and a strategic and visionary leadership of the Australian operations.

Marc commented, "I wish John all the best in his new role as General Manager, he has certainly worked hard to reach this position and I have the greatest of confidence that he will lead the company into a new era of growth. Our overall management structure has now been reorganised to address the ever changing needs of our industry and future market needs."

The new management structure will see several other key changes - Greg Stone has been appointed as the new overall sales manager, while Conrad Birkett will drive sales and product marketing in the ASEAN region with his recent move to Thailand in mid October. Solomon Ferreira adds the local product management role to his portfolio, with Duncan Gillespie moving into a national service team leader role.

Mark Oggero catches up on all the latest Goss

Goss announces the appointent of Mark Oggero as Senior Vice President of Global Operations, a newly created position overseeing Goss’s global manufacturing operations.

In his new role, Oggero will focus on integrating and improving Goss’s worldwide technology production for the company’s global customer base.

Rick Nichols, president and CEO, Goss International, said, “With his 28 years of manufacturing experience and knowledge of a range of industries, Mark will accelerate the centralisation of our global supply chain and continue our strategy of diversification into new product areas like packaging.”

Oggero comes from a background in low and high volume manufacturing and has a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering on top of his change management expertise.

JDA picks up Bruce Lowery

Two weeks after wrapping up with Printing Industries in Victoria, Bruce Lowery is back on deck with JDA. Well versed in industry lore and perhaps one of the best connected individuals in Victorian printing, Lowery has been picked up by Chris Gander of JDA, who is confident he can put his industry connections to the best possible use.

Formerly of Agfa, Lowery joined PIAA in 2008, working with another Agfa notable, Ron Patterson, state manager, who also left PIAA Vic this year.

Richard Weaver puts his stamp on Milford Astor

Richard Weaver has joined Milford Astor Foilmakers after working with Ticket Makers Australia (TMA) for four and half years, focussing on the manufacture of thermal paper in their Shanghai factory and sales of the product throughout the Asian region. Prior to that Richard was sales director for Kurz Australia.

Weaver’s role at Milford Astor is to further develop the existing stamping foil export business of the products produced in Australia in new countries and to find new products for the company to market in Australia and New Zealand.

Weaver explained the move, saying, “I have worked in the foil business for 17 years and find the applications and industry really interesting.  So I was very excited to get the opportunity to work for an all Australian company and further develop its foil export business.”