Pentel has announced the appointment of Tim Gilmore to strengthen the company’s account management team.

Tim joins Pentel as Key Account Manager after 20 years working within the magazine distribution industry, most recently at COMAG. His previous roles have included Territory Manager for South West, Publisher Client Manager and National Account Manager for a range of mass consumer retailers.

In his new position with Pentel, Tim will be responsible for developing and managing customer relationships and devising promotional activity to support the education channel, commercial customers and buying groups.

Tim said, “I am delighted to join the Pentel team and take on a new challenge working in the office products sector. I’m looking forward to meeting all of my customers over the coming months and working on plans to develop dynamic new initiatives for them with the Pentel brand.”

Graham Craik, Director of Sales UK and Ireland added, “I am pleased to welcome Tim to Pentel. He brings plenty of professionalism, enthusiasm and fresh thinking to this important role to develop key areas of our business.  His appointment strengthens our account management team and will help Pentel create exciting new opportunities for our customers.”