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Szyszczak appointed sales director and country leader

UK: Paul Szyszczak has been appointed sales director and country leader at Danfoss UK & Ireland.

Szyszczak joined Danfoss in 1996 as UK sales manager compressor products, progressing through a number of sales and business development roles before being appointed business area director in 2014.

In his new role he will lead a team of over 40 focused on UK and Ireland wholesale, distribution and value added partner channels.

Paul Szyszczak traces his career back to 1982 when he joined Kings-Lynn-based Foster Refrigerator as a graduate trainee. In 1987 he joined Copeland (formerly Prestcold) as distributor manager UK, Germany, Benelux and Nordic, before becoming UK field sales manager in 1992.

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