Delcam makes board appointments

Development director Steve Hobbs and commercial director Bart Simpson have been appointed as additional members of the Delcam Board. At the same time, Clive Martell has been given a new position on the board as operations director. The other members of the board continue to be chairman Peter Miles, managing director Hugh Humphreys, technical director Ed Lambourne, and company secretary Kulwant Singh, plus non-executive director Geoffrey McFarland. Mr Martell will be responsible for the day-to-day tasks of managing the commercial operations of the company. The existing geographic split of responsibility for sales will be maintained, with Glenn McMinn continuing as president of Delcam North America managing operations in the United States and Canada, and Tim Mitchell continuing as Asian business development director. Chris Edwards has been appointed European business development director in addition to his post as UK sales director. In the new position of commercial director, Mr Simpson will continue to be responsible for marketing and international technical support. In addition, he will take on the sales and market development activity for the more specialist areas of the Delcam product range, including the PowerINSPECT inspection software, the Crispin products for the footwear industry, the PartMaker CAM systems for turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes, and the new range of software for the dental industry. Mr Hobbs' appointment to the board recognises his success in leading the development of Delcam’s machining software. He will be responsible for the future development of the PowerMILL, FeatureCAM and PartMaker software families, the widest range of machining software of any CAM company. He will also continue his responsibilities for the development of ArtCAM and PowerINSPECT, and for the specialist services provided by the Professional Services Group and the Bespoke Software Development Group. Delcam has more than 500 direct employees, divided between its Birmingham headquarters and its subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia, plus over 200 more staff in our European and Asian joint ventures. It also has close to 25,000 customers worldwide. Pictured: Clive Martell