Kevin Salvidge joins Leader as European regional manager

Leader Instruments Corporation has announced the appointment of Kevin Salvidge as European Regional Development Manager, Leader Electronics Europe Corporation. Based in Britain, he will be working alongside Market Development Manager Koichi Fukagawa in expanding Leader’s product distribution base.

“Kevin has an excellent broadcast business background, having worked for some of the largest and most successful companies in the industry,” says Koichi Fukagawa. “His experience combined with his evident understanding of the commercial and technical issues influencing this very fast developing industry should prove a useful supplement to the skills and efforts of our colleagues at Leader and within our existing distribution network. He joins at a time of great opportunity as the industry embraces higher display standards and the increasing use of IP-based signal distribution.”

Savidge commenced his broadcast industry career in 1986 as a commissioning engineer at Marconi Instruments, progressing to Sony Transcom, Tektronix, GVG/Thomson, Sony Broadcast and Top-Teks. He joins Leader from PlayBox Technology (UK).