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Warburton’s fresh role at Pastorfrigor GB

UK: Commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturer Pastorfrigor GB has appointed James Warburton as commercial manager.

Warburton has over 20 years experience in sales and project management within the commercial refrigeration industry and its supply chain. He joins from the AB Group where he was latterly group commercial business manager, having previously spent two years as head of business operations at Eight Installations.

Prior to that, he was key account manager with the Epta Group for seven years and project manager of relays and implementation at Tesco for four years.

Warburton joins the company to support the growth of the business, with sales of the company’s multidecks reported to be increasing by 40% year-on-year, largely due to the introduction of its energy label A Genova OV range.

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