Tridonic Appoints New COO
Dornbirn, 23 May 2012 – Gavin Brydon, who is currently responsible for all electronics plants of Tridonic all over the world, will assume the function of Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Tridonic with effect from 1 June.
Accordingly, he succeeds to Rüdiger Kofahl, who, as reported earlier, left the company in January this year. Gavin Brydon, born in 1967, joined Tridonic as General Manager in Spennymoor, Great Britain, in 2004. The electronics engineer also has training in the field of Lean & Six Sigma and disposes of professional experience in electronics design, supplier management and strategic sourcing.
“We are pleased to have been able to find an experienced executive from our own staff pool for this important function. Gavin Brydon has comprehensive knowledge of the electronics industry and has been able to gain professional experience in Europe, USA and Asia. It is now his primary responsibility to ensure the competitiveness of our production sites in this dynamic phase of technological change,” says Harald Sommerer, CEO of the Zumtobel Group.
For more information go to www.tridonic.com.