Paul Beaumont appointed Managing Director of FST Technologies
The Board of FST Technologies is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Anthony Beaumont as Managing Director of the business.
Paul is a seasoned General Manager with a strong Sales & Marketing background. Initially commencing his career in computer operations with Unilever, Paul quickly moved into technology sales with CASE communications, an innovative UK company in the early computer communications market before moving to his first start-up building the Northern based business for Atlantic Networks, the communications arm of Atlantic Computers.
Moving to Gandalf Technologies as UK Sales Director in 1990, Paul became UK Managing Director, European Managing Director and then COO of the Corporation based in Ottawa, Canada. Paul returned to the UK in 1995 to take up the position of Managing Director of Motorola’s Internet and Networking Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Paul then joined ADC Telecom as International Managing Director for their Broadband Access & Transport Group, successfully completing the world-wide start-up of the business outside of the USA. In 2000 Paul became Group CEO of Protek, a software group focusing on the Telecoms Billing, Network Management and Network Inventory marketplace with worldwide operations and with development facilities in Russia, Norway and the UK; Paul led a turnaround of the group before jointly leading a successful MBO and exit .
In the last 4 years Paul has concentrated on start-up and turnarounds, working extensively in the international marketplace including spending extensive periods in Iraq and the Far East.
Alan Wade (Commercial Director of FST) comments: “On behalf of everyone at FST, I’d like to welcome Paul to the business. His appointment is further evidence of our commitment to building an exceptional team. We are looking forward to working with Paul and drawing on his wealth of experience to help refine our business development strategy and achieve our ambitious growth targets”.
Paul Beaumont comments: “I am thrilled to join the FST team, a very professional company who deliver quality products and services into a complex and fast moving marketplace. I am looking forward to developing the partnerships with our existing customer base while leading the sales and marketing thrust as we develop our product portfolio and expand the business throughout the UK”.
