Ariens Company has announced the appointment of Jackie Williams to the role of Director of Sales EMEAA. She will be succeeding John Horn who is retiring from the Ariens Company at the end of 2018.

Jackie, who will report to Vice President of EMEAA, Darren Spencer, brings a wealth of experience to the company and will assume responsibility for sales and distribution of Ariens products through Ariens subsidiaries located in the U.K. and Norway, and Ariens fifty plus distribution partners worldwide.

Jackie joins Ariens having built a successful career over twenty-five years in international sales and distribution management.

“We’re very pleased to have Jackie become part of the Ariens Company team,” says Darren Spencer, “she brings vast experience of multi-channel product sales and distribution across all continents, at an exciting time in the development of Ariens’ EMEAA expansion.”

Reporting in turn to Jackie will be Ariens European Sales Manager, Massimo Caner, Matt Wilson, UK Sales Manager and Scandinavia General Manager Frank Brenn.

Jackie’s previous role was International Sales Director of Derwent, a division of ACCO UK Ltd, achieving year on year growth in sales and profitability. She holds post-graduate diplomas in marketing, export marketing and business studies & finance, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.