Solotech has announced the appointment of Lee Unsworth as Director of UK Operations – Live Productions, and the promotion of Pete Gale to Head of UK Assets.
Working out of the Solotech group Manchester office, Unsworth will oversee the day-to-day running of the company’s Live Productions operations at the five warehouse locations in Manchester, Redditch, Hemel Hempstead, London and Southampton. He joined the group as Operations Manager for the Manchester office in 2019, before stepping up to the role of General Manager.
‘Since becoming part of the Solotech group, we have sought to standardise and integrate our processes across the UK operations and this position is key to delivering on that promise, ,’ Unsworth says. ‘I look forward to maintaining and extending our hire inventory to meet the demand of our clients, while overseeing our manufacturing operations from Sigma Fabrications and BCS Cases.’
‘Since joining the company, Lee has been a key leader in our UK operations,’ says UK MD, Bryce Jewell. ‘He’s an emphatic manager who has an excellent knowledge of our industry. I am confident he will continue to provide Solotech UK with outstanding service and commitment and will be pivotal in the continued growth of our UK operations.’
Pete Gale leads the Asset Management team responsible for managing rental assets to maximise profitability and efficiency. Together with data from Business Intelligence, they will help to determine the optimum time for assets to come out of rental inventory and be sold.
He has been with the company (which includes Capital Sound) since 2006, first joining as Warehouse Manager at Capital’s facility in Wimbledon, and then moving to the role of Resources & Logistics Manager. Since the acquisition by Solotech, this role has grown to include the UK Group and the Asset Management team.
‘Data analytics is at the heart of Solotech’s success,’ Jewell says. ‘The asset team plays a fundamental role in this analysis. I am confident that, under Pete’s leadership, we will continue to drive efficiency across the business.’
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