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Dumble is GEA UK head of sales

UK: Barry Dumble has been appointed of head of equipment sales for the UK, reporting directly to country managing director Ilija Aprcovic.

Barry joined GEA in 2004 and was previously regional manager Western Europe for GEA Westfalia Separator. He had operational responsibility for the business in Western Europe and country responsibility for France, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Nordic region, Netherlands, & Belgium, in addition to Managing Director – GEA Mechanical Equipment UK Ltd and Director, GEA Group Holdings UK Ltd.

Following the GEA restructure in 2015, he took on the role of head of product group management – separation, in Oelde, Germany. In the UK in 2016 the independently organised GEA companies was brought together under GEA UK.

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