Angus Blundell has been appointed as marketing director, liquid and packaging inks for Europe, Middle East and Africa by Sun Chemical Europe.
As a strong and growing area, packaging continues to provide the company with major sales opportunities in the packaging inks market. In his new role, Mr Blundell will drive the planning and delivery of programmes to increase sales value, market share and profitability along with identifying new market and business opportunities.
Reporting to Felipe Mellado, chief marketing officer and board member, Mr Blundell will head up a team of six, working closely with Sun Chemical’s business teams in order to manage, develop and grow the products and services the company offers to existing and potential packaging customers, as well as other entities higher up the value chain such as brand owners.
Mr Blundell has a strong marketing background. His most recent position was at PPG Architectural Coatings, a multinational coatings company, where he held the position of marketing director, Northern Europe region. In this role, he redesigned brand strategies to deliver growth in highly competitive retail and trade markets and managed a team of 50 across seven countries.
Mr Mellado said, ‘Angus is a highly talented marketing professional and we are excited that he has decided to join Sun Chemical. We look forward to working together to create and deliver a successful brand strategy that continues to drive the company’s packaging growth trajectory.’
Mr Blundell started in his new role on June 1, 2012 and is based in Rochdale, in the UK.
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