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Tefcold signs Jason Gray from Epta

UK: Commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler Tefcold UK has appointed former Epta UK sales director Jason Gray as its new UK head of retail sales. 

Epta’s UK director of sales from 2011 to 2108, Gray has most recently been corporate manager at Epta in Australia.

Prior to that, he spent five years with Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, latterly as UK commercial sales manager.

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