A STRING of new appointments have been made as electronics firm Stadium Group continues to grow.

The Hartlepool company has appointed a new group operations director to the board, a business unit director for its Midlands-based manufacturing operation and doubled the size of its commercial team with the addition of three new sales personnel.

CEO Stephen Phipson, who only joined the company himself in September, said: “In order to ensure we have the capability and capacity to fulfil our growth aspirations, we are seriously committed to investing in our people and facilities.

“As we focus on continued organic growth, the sales team appointments will drive new business in both our existing target markets and in emerging sectors such as green energy, renewables and smart metering.”

Charlie Peppiatt, formerly vice- president of global operations at Laird Plc, comes on board as operations director. He will lead a new key initiative to create value and efficiencies in Stadium’s procurement operations in the UK and China.

Ian Davies takes the role of business unit director for the Rugby facility while Lindsay Driscoll joins as strategic business development director, driving sales in Western Europe.

Steve Henderson, business development manager, will focus on developing the UK market and Sinney Leung, sales director for Asia, will drive sales and brand awareness in the emerging Asian markets.