Richard Brown, commercial business manager at Catering Equipment Professional.
Mr Brown will work with and develop Catering Equipment Professional's distributor partner network.
He has worked within the food service industry for more than 25 years, initially in hotels and then with major food service equipment distributors and manufacturers, including Lockhart, Falcon, Dawson and, most recently, Glen Dimplex.
Mr Brown stated: “It is great to be joining CEP at such an exciting time in their development. I look forward to building upon the strong foundations that have been put in place, and working closely with existing and new strategic distributor partners.”