BRAND AMBASSADORS FOR HUSQVARNA
Three new faces behind the brand
Husqvarna has announced three new brand ambassadors for the UK.
Josephine Hedger, Andy Campbell and Tim Bendle will all become the new faces behind the Husqvarna brand in the UK.
L-R: Tim Bendle, Josephine Hedger, Andy Campbell
As part of their ambassadorship, Hedger, Campbell and Bendle will join Husqvarna at a number of its key industry events throughout the year and feature heavily within the its 2016 marketing campaign.
Josephine Hedger
 Multiple World Tree Climbing Champion, Jo Hedger, already runs a successful arborist business, Arbor-Venture Tree Care with her partner, employing 10 people as well as an arb training school which trains around 300 students per year.
Passionate about arb and climbing she is extremely well respected within the industry and will provide the brand with further exposure to this area and will also work alongside Husqvarna through her training school.
Commenting on her ambassadorship, Jo said: “I’m excited to be working with Husqvarna and honoured to represent their brand. I have used Husqvarna power tools at work for the last 12 years and have seen the products evolve and improve. This is something I look forward to being a part of as one of their ambassadors.”
Andy Campbell
 Andy Campbell has spent most of his working life in the forest. He is chairman of the UK Loggers, who send a team to represent the UK in the World Logging Championships (WLC). Andy has competed in all four European Logging Championships since they started in 2009 and achieved 3rd place in the tree felling in 2013. He has also attended as team leader for the UK at many WLC's.
Based in East Anglia, he has worked with Husqvarna on numerous occasions in the past at events such as the APF. Passionate about the company, Andy comes on board as a forestry expert but will also cover commercial landscape and ground care.
Tim Bendle
 Tim is self-employed with 30 years experience working as a professional contractor in the Forestry & Arboricultural Industry. Tim’s extensive experience stretches to 21 years as a City & Guilds NPTC Assessor in Forestry & Arboriculture and 21 years as a Lantra Instructor in Forestry and Arboriculture.
He performs independent training and also is contracted to Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester in the Rural Skills department covering all chainsaw activities (Forestry and Tree surgery), Brush cutting, Wood Chippers, Stump Grinding and Aerial platforms.
With 13 years as a Technical Standards Verifier and latterly Lead Verifier for City & Guilds NPTC and Lantra for Forestry and Arboriculture, Tim has had 20 years acting as an Ambassador for Husqvarna. Including the training of in house technical staff, area sales people and a network of dealers/hire shops. Development and testing of Forest & Garden products and continued support and advice. Tim also demonstrations at professional shows.
Husqvarna UK Sales and Marketing Director, Ken Brewster said “I’m pleased to have three new ambassadors for the brand this year, not only because of their experience and influence within their respected areas, but also because of their clear passion for the company. It’s one of the many reasons why we chose Jo, Andy and Tim and I’m excited with what we have in store for this year at Husqvarna.”
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