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Epson Europe appoints new corporate sustainability director
Epson Europe has appointed Boris Manev as its new corporate sustainability director. His appointment comes as the organisation looks to accelerate its sustainability and decarbonisation programme aimed at achieving carbon negative and becoming underground resource free in line with its corporate mid-term strategy and 2050 environmental vision and commitments. Boris joined Epson in 2011 as an environmental specialist and in 2018 was appointed head of sustainability and government affairs for Epson EMEAR. Prior to joining Epson, he worked with a Norwegian- based environmental NGO promoting sustainable technologies in the EU and co- founded an environmental youth movement and NGO in his home country of Macedonia that aimed to increase young people’s awareness of sustainability. “Epson has a long history in manufacturing energy efficient, compact and precise products and is now recognised as a leader in sustainable technology,” said Boris. “I look forward to further accelerating our
transformation towards sustainability in all areas of our operations. This includes making our 2050 environmental vision towards decarbonisation a reality and communicating the sustainability value proposition of our products and services. “We have a wonderful, dedicated, passionate and highly qualified sustainability
team at Epson and I look forward to harnessing our combined skills as we
work together to deliver more sustainable technology that improves the quality of lives in the communities and societies we serve across Europe. I am especially keen to demonstrate how profit and sustainability can be mutually inclusive and short-term economics can be aligned to support longer term sustainability goals through integration of sustainability in corporate business models and programmes.” Boris holds a BA in International Economics and International Communications from the American University of Paris and a MSC in Environment and Resource Management from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Boris Manev corporate sustainability director
epson.co.uk
Paula O’Brien joins Ricoh UK as director of sales and sales teams are set to benefit greatly from the wealth of experience and the people-first approach that Paula brings to the role. Paula’s leadership and clear vision for the future will be crucial in underpinning Ricoh’s market position as we further
Ricoh UK has announced Paula O’Brien as the new board director of sales, succeeding Glenn Griggs, who was appointed to lead Ricoh UK as CEO in July 2023. Paula has more than 30 years of sales experience across a range of digital services and IT portfolios. Most recently, she headed up the enterprise retail division at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she was responsible for driving year-on-year growth as well as spearheading key strategic initiatives as part of the UK senior leadership team. Prior to AWS, she held senior positions at Xerox and Capgemini. She will be leading a team of more than 250 salespeople in the UK, responsible for delivering growth and driving value for Ricoh’s customers within the direct sales channel at different stages of their digital transformation journeys. “I am delighted to welcome Paula to the Ricoh family,” said Glenn. “Our customers
develop our service offerings, starting with becoming the leading workspace integrator in the UK.” Paula added: “It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining Ricoh as both the company and the market are in a period of evolution. We have a great opportunity to help our customers solve a plethora of business challenges and support their business and technology functions, in what is an increasingly complicated digital journey. “I look forward to working with Glenn and the rest of the leadership team to deliver success for our people and our customers and can’t wait to meet and listen to my new colleagues as I get to know the business.”
Paula O’Brien director of sales
ricoh.co.uk
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