Michelle Rawlins has been promoted to head of IT and Communications at CIH. Michelle joined CIH in 1983 and is its longest serving member of staff.

Funai has appointed Nobuyuki Azuma as the sales and marketing director for the UK.

Stephen Stroud (pictured) has been promoted to distribution channel manager at Maytag, where he was formerly area sales manager for the south and west of the country. Maytag has also appointed Lewis Clifford as distribution sales manager.

Broughton Crangrove Galley Matrix has appointed Jay Acharya as service and product training manager, a new position within the company.

Phil Buckle has taken over as the new head of the Electrical Safety Council, the consumer electrical safety champion organisation.