ROCKWELL AUTOMATION APPOINTS GARETH DEAN AS SALES DIRECTOR, UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND
Gareth Dean has been appointed Sales Director, United Kingdom & Ireland, effective immediately. The news comes as the company continues to enjoy strong sales and market share growth based on its ongoing commitment to help businesses to use information to drive down costs while operating more efficiently, safely and profitably.
“We are glad to have Gareth in this important role,” said Thomas Donato, director, Northern Region EMEA. “He brings valuable experience and a proven track record in sales and marketing to the job.”
“The UK and Ireland are an important market in EMEA”, said Hedwig Maes, president of EMEA. “We’re confident that Gareth will lead it to further growth.”
Gareth Dean said: “I am delighted to take on this exciting and challenging role. Our customers face new demands for ever greater efficiency while ensuring that costs are controlled, assets provide maximum return on investment and working environments are safe. Our longstanding culture of putting truly integrated solutions combined with customer care and support at the heart of what we do helps us to develop and maintain long term relationships and partnerships. It is also why Rockwell Automation is well positioned to grow with our customers despite the economic environment, to help them maintain a competitive advantage and continue our commitment to make our customers more productive, efficient and sustainable.
Prior to taking up his current role in the UK, Dean has held several positions – technical as well as in sales and marketing – at Hawker Sidley, Deritend, ABB and Rockwell Automation. Dean is a former Vice President Sales, Robotics and general manager Instrumentation at ABB. He will be based in Milton Keynes, UK, and takes over from Dominic Molloy, who was recently appointed marketing director of EMEA.











