Sonardyne Appoints Managing Director and Chairman

05/06/2009

Sonardyne International Ltd has announced the appointment of Mr John Ramsden as its new managing director. John is currently senior VP of Sonardyne's South-East Asia operation and will take up his new role in the UK on the 1st November 2009. John will take over from Mr Barry Clutton who now becomes group chairman.

Barry, 60, has led Sonardyne's growth over the last three years, taking the company into new markets and guiding its investment in acquisitions and new product development. As group chairman, he will continue to provide strategic and financial guidance through the next stage of the company's development. John Partridge, Sonardyne's founder and current chairman, will continue to be involved with the business on a day-to-day basis and will remain on the board.

Mr Ramsden, 45, joined Sonardyne in 1996 during the early years of the company's expansion in the Asia Pacific region. Over the last three years he has led the Singapore office group through significant sales growth and the team's transition to a new custom-built sales, support and engineering facility in January 2009.

John and his family will relocate back to the UK over the next few months.