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Ricoh UK Appoints New CEO
Thursday 28. April 2011 - Philip Keoghan Assumes Role of Chief Executive Officer at Ricoh UK
Ricoh UK, a specialist in production printing, office solutions and managed document services today announces that Philip Keoghan, the companys Chief Operating Officer has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. Keoghan succeeds David Mills, who now serves as Executive Vice President, Operations, Ricoh Europe.
“This is an incredibly exciting and challenging time to be taking over the leadership of Ricoh UK as we enter a new financial year “said Keoghan. “I am fully committed to ensuring that our customers continue to see us as a trusted partner delivering strong business value and I look forward to developing new growth opportunities including IT Services.”
Keoghan continued “I would like to thank David Mills for all his hard work over the past two and a half years and I look forward to working with him as part of the wider Ricoh Group network.”
“After 31 years of continuous service to the Ricoh UK Family Group, I congratulate Philip on his career development at the company.” said David Mills “I thank him for all his support as COO over the past 18 months, particularly the crucial role he played in the successful integration of the three UK businesses of IKON, Infotec and Ricoh to form one strong UK business entity. Philip displayed exceptional people talent management and development skills throughout this time”.
Prior to Ricoh UK Philip was UK President for IKON Office Solutions UK plc, giving him extensive industry knowledge with leadership roles across the fields of service, sales and general management.