The team, which includes the company’s first female sales director, has a combined experience of over 80 years working within the industry.
The quartet charged with growing the business is managing director Keith Mackie, formerly of UCC Coffee, sales director Louise Plant, previously of service specialists JLA, finance director Darren Beech, formerly of Premier Foods, and operations director, Christian Hampshire, who has joined from Miele.
“I am delighted to have built a team with vast experience working with high quality corporate brands and entrepreneurial customer-focused backgrounds,” said Mackie.
“Our task as the incoming management team is to firmly establish the division as the best in class for service support, raising awareness of our core strengths – the fact we service all makes and models alongside an unparalleled nationwide reach.
“The expertise and relationships we have built through our shared time in the industry will also be leveraged to help grow the division. Hobart Service UK is a business within a global manufacturing and service conglomerate, ITW with all the expertise, backup and resource that delivers.
“The division holds an enviable position in the UK market as a brand leader and is now set to take its service offering to a different level to ensure brand protection and future growth. Establishing ourselves as market leaders is a task that we take on with great excitement and enthusiasm.”
Hobart says its service programmes include year-round support; 24-hour access to technical, operator and spares information and access to 160 fully trained company-employed technicians.