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Thompson joins Aermec sales team

UK: Aermec UK has further expanded its sales team with the appointment of Alex Thompson as business development manager. 

Calling on over 20 years’ experience in the HVAC sector, Thompson’s new role sees him working closely alongside the wider sales team but he is primarily representing Aermec in the south west of England and in South Wales.

He joins Aermec after seven years as area sales engineer at Airedale International. Other sales experience has included two years at Uniflair and six years at GEA Denco. Prior to that, Thompson spent over seven years at Searle (now Kelvion) as senior development engineer, and two years as a development engineer at FRPERC (now RD&T).

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