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Riedel Promots Graham Taylor & Paul Rivens In The UK

Taylor named regional sales director with Rivens assuming the role of product marketing manager.
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Graham Taylor (left) and Paul Rivens of Riedel Communications.

Riedel Communications has announced the promotions of Paul Rivens and Graham Taylor to the positions of product marketing manager and regional sales director for the UK, respectively.

In their new roles, Rivens is responsible for developing and implementing product-line-specific marketing strategies for the company’s intercom and audio products while Taylor will oversee operations for the company’s sales business in the UK.

A broadcast professional with more than 40 years of sales experience in the international marketplace, Rivens joined Riedel in 2005 as business development director and has since held the positions of general manager for the UK and, most recently, regional sales director for the UK and Ireland. He came to Riedel from sales management roles at Telex Communications and Philip Drake Electronics.

“I’m thrilled to be undertaking a new challenge at Riedel and am grateful for the opportunity,” Rivens says. “I’m looking forward to leveraging my experience and industry knowledge to develop successful campaign strategies for a rapidly diversifying product lineup and working closely with the marketing team to regionalize them.”

Taylor brings 26 years of sales management experience in the broadcast sector to his new role at Riedel. He joined the company in 2015 as UK broadcast sales manager, responsible for half of the company’s U.K. revenue and helping to double the U. market in his seven-year tenure. He came to Riedel from Wohler Technologies, where he held the role of EMEA sales director. Previously, at Boxer Systems, he served as sales manager for the Test and Measurement Division.

“With the recent restructuring of our organization and a range of revolutionary IP video solutions on the horizon, it’s a momentous time at Riedel,” Taylor notes. “I couldn’t be more excited to be starting my next chapter with the company and can’t wait to bring our latest solutions to our UK customers.”

“I’d like to congratulate both Paul and Graham on their well-deserved promotions,” states Jens Miedek, executive director global sales at Riedel Communications. “As regional sales director, Paul turned our UK business into a cornerstone of our success in the EMEA. With his deep knowledge of our products and their applications, he is the perfect fit to boost our reorganized marketing team as product marketing manager. And, after working with Graham for the past seven years, he was certainly my first choice to take over for Paul in the UK With our recent acquisitions, he is taking the helm at a very exciting time for Riedel, and I wish him every success in his new role.”

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