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Phil Deverick rejoins General

UK: Phil Deverick has rejoined General HVAC Solutions UK as operations supervisor in a number of new appointments to the former Fujitsu business.

Deverick spent four years as commercial manager of the former Fujitsu General Air Conditioning UK business, leaving in 2023. Prior to that he spent nearly 20 years at Panasonic Heating and Cooling Solutions UK, latterly as marketing manager.

Recently appointed COO Phil Baker (3rd from right) with, from left, Gareth Yates, Joshua Potter, Phil Deverick and Stuart Knight

Also joining the company this week is Gareth Yates as VRF business development manager. Yates joins from Smith Brothers Stores, where he spent four years as area sales manager based in Oldham. Prior to that, he gained experience at Daikin UK and Wolseley UK.

Other new additions are Stuart Knight as pre-sales specification engineer, and Joshua Potter, who has joined the company as internal technical and product support engineer.

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