July 2023 Movers & Shakers in AV

PPDS appointed Marco Priebe, as the company’s new key account manager and business development manager LED for the DACH market. Priebe has held a series of senior management positions over his 23 years as top-level sales executive, including 16 years as key account manager at Philips Lighting (2000-2016) and Philips CSS (1998-2000). He will be based in Hamburg, and reporting to Rainer Bloch, Business Director DACH. According to a statement, Priebe’s vast knowledge and experience will play a crucial role in further developing and advancing PPDS’ LED market strategy and growth ambitions in DACH, which remains one of the company’s faster growing adoptive markets.

With a primary focus on the German, Austrian and Swiss markets, Priebe’s key responsibilities in the role include achieving sales and margin targets, developing, implementing, and executing new sales and marketing strategies, driving brand and product awareness in the AV channel and to prospective customers, and educating the market on PPDS’ sustainability strategy.

He will also seek to develop and identify new solutions and sales opportunities across all market verticals, supporting and expanding PPDS’ network of system integrators – including specialist dvLED training – and assisting local and global PPDS teams (International Key Account Directors) for regional and international projects and opportunities.