Roland DG Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan) has announced several leadership changes to its global, sales-management team. Eli Keersmaekers, previously president of European Sales HQ for Roland DG, has been promoted to president of Global Sales HQ and VP of Global Marketing HQ. In his new role, Keersmaekers will be in charge of sales of all Roland DG products worldwide, and will report to David Goward, director of Roland DG global sales, marketing and service.
Keersmaekers joined Roland Benelux N.V. in 2002 as CFO. In 2006, he became CEO of Roland DG Benelux N.V., and joined the Roland DG Global Senior Executive Committee. He will step down as CEO of Roland DG Benelux N.V., and Gregory Bilsen, president of Roland DG Benelux N.V., will assume that role.
In related news, Jerry Davies, previously president of Roland DG (U.K.) Ltd., has been appointed president of European Sales HQ and will retain his position as chairman of the European sales team. Davies joined Roland DG (U.K.) Ltd. in 2000 and became president in 2004. Taking over as president at Roland DG (U.K.) Ltd. is Brett Newman, who joined the company as an engineer 14 years ago and has subsequently served in every management position within the company.