Baugh & Weedon and ETher NDE welcome new sales manager
20/10/2015
Baugh & Weedon and ETher NDE have announced that they are welcoming Martin Sutton to the Sales Team as Area Sales Manager and European Sales Manager.Martin has a rich and long history within the NDT industry that spans over twenty years. Martin started his NDT career with a work experience placement in an aviation heavy maintenance facility (looking after ageing wide body freighters) at Modern Jet Support Centre on Manston Airfield in Kent. While there, Martin showed a flair and passion for the industry and was offered an NDT apprenticeship in 1993, which he happily accepted.
After three years of training, Martin enjoyed a brief career as a PC with Kent Police before rejoining Jet Support to continue with his NDT development and PCN certification. After spending the next six years working his way through his MPI, eddy current and ultrasonic PCN Level 2 approvals, Martin went on to manage the NDT department.
After Modern Jet Support closed in 2004, Martin joined Material Measurements Trutest in Surrey as a contractor and undertook various contract NDT on-site assignments throughout the UK and Europe, including EADS in Bordeaux and Lufthansa Technik in Ireland. During this period, he was offered the role of Line Engineer working on the Fokker 100 short-haul passenger aircraft and was part of the engineering team responsible for component changes, inbound defect rectification and airworthiness. During this time, Martin also undertook NDT contracts and rail engineering roles with South-Eastern Trains, broadening his NDT experience and application expertise.
In 2005, Martin joined Sonatest with a great wealth of practical NDT skills and knowledge, but no previous sales experience. With support from Kelvin Cook and Carol Stevenson, Martin quickly began growing his sales revenues year-on-year, successfully winning new business and customers, many of whom became good friends.
During Martin’s time at Sonatest, Mike Reilly was CEO and regarded Martin as a great asset to the sales team. Now CEO of Baugh & Weedon and ETher NDE, Mike is delighted that the planets have aligned at the right moment and he was able to attract Martin to the companies. He said of the successful recruitment: “Having worked successfully with Martin for a few years at Sonatest, I am delighted that he has joined the expanding Baugh & Weedon and ETher NDE teams. Martin is bringing a real depth of applications and product knowledge, plus a great deal of enthusiasm and a real passion for keeping customers satisfied. Combined with the high-quality Baugh & Weedon and ETher products and our existing focus on customer support, I am sure it will be a winning combination.”
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