UK sound and lighting rental company Entec Sound & Light has appointed Mark ‘Magic’ Ellis-Cope as Head of Sound, taking over the role from Dick Hayes after 19 years with the company. This is the culmination of a truly amazing career that started with maverick rockers The Who as a teenager in the 1960s.
Ellis-Cope brings experience, knowledge and contacts to the position, having freelanced regularly for Entec over the past ten years. He will be working with d&b audiotechnik products, on which Entec Sound’s rental stock is based and for which the company is also a UK sales partner.
‘Every system that Entec builds is customised to meet the clients’ individual needs and fine- tuned to the highest standards – and I really share the same core values and commitment to this excellence,’ he says.
Hayes – who will continue working in a consultancy capacity for Entec and dealing with key clients – was involved in the process of finding his successor: ‘I wanted someone with a great personality, excellent touring and technical experience and also preferably someone already familiar with Entec,’ he says, adding that in additional to the professional and personal qualifications, it was essential that the ‘someone’ fitted in with the great atmosphere and vibe that has always been one of the company’s USPs.
Working with Ellis-Cope in the office will be Phil Waters who handles dry-hires and logistics. In the warehouse is Manager Ed Shackleton and Rob Maynard, and Entec’s main Technician James Kerridge is also integral to the audio division. Entec founder and FD Barbara Pendleton adds that Magic will ‘help strengthen and consolidate our reputation as the longest established sound and lighting hire specialist in the UK’.
