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RDM appoints group operations director

UK: Refrigeration controls manufacturer Resource Data Management (RDM) has appointed Ged Evans as group operations director. 

Evans joins Glasgow-based RDM after two years at panelling solutions company Grant Westfield, latterly as UK and European head of operations. Prior to that he spent a total of more than 25 years at American worldwide manufacturing services company Jabil. During two spells at the company he held a variety of roles in the UK, USA and Ireland in business development and manufacturing operations.

Based at RDM’s head office in Glasgow, Evans will maintain a strong link to the manufacturing operation in Taiwan, working with group chief sales & marketing officer Enrico Mirandola on new growth regions to ensure strategy alignment across the operations and sales teams.

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