He began his new role on 21 January, along with newly-appointed sales operations director for commercial print, Mandy Gallego. She has been a Paperlinx employee for a number of years, latterly as director of Paperlinx’s Global Customer Solutions.
Both are charged with developing and growing the commercial print business and improving customer service.
The appointments aid Paperlinx’s mission to streamline the business that will see dedicated account managers acting as a single point of contact for sales across the group’s three businesses – Howard Smith Paper Group, PaperCo and Robert Horne.
Paperlinx commercial director Ian Hunt said: "Commercial print is our core business, we are the market leaders and our focus is firmly on growth.
"Despite the challenges posed by an ever-shifting market there is still a massive opportunity for growth.
"Our aim is to provide customers with an unparalleled portfolio of products and services and to cement our market leading position in this sector.
"This new structure will guarantee that all our products are represented across the country by specialist teams with expertise and experience relevant to the needs of each individual customer and places us in a great position to add value to our customers’ businesses."
Paperlinx appoints commercial print sales directors
Andy Buxton has moved from his role as managing director of Howard Smith Paper Group to become sales director for Paperlinx's commercial print division.
