R&M strengthens its market position in Europe

Swiss cabling specialist Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) welcomed Grigoris Panagos as the new Sales Manager for Greece and Kim Ciesla as Sales Manager for The Nordics.

Grigoris Panagos (42) has over 16 years of experience in the Connectivity and Telecom business. During his career he worked on various challenging projects in the information and communications market as e.g. FttA for 4G Mobile Networks and LAN Connectivity for Public and Private Networks, providing professional expertise and deep knowledge in the fields of Sales and Marketing. Grigoris holds a bachelor’s degree of Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Lamia, and a MBA with focus on Telecoms from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Kim Ciesla (43) is based in Denmark and has many years of experience in the connectivity business working for several different companies including most recently Prysmian. During his career Kim worked in various sales roles in the industry.

“I am very pleased to welcome Grigoris and Kim on board of R&M. Kim brings a significant amount of industry experience in building key customer relationships and winning business“, states Michiel Panders, General Manager Europe at R&M. “We are very much looking forward working with Kim accelerating our business in the Nordics“.

“I am pleased to welcome Grigoris in the big family of R&M. He is our “marathon racer” in the area of modern communications in Greece – the motherland of the Olympics racing spirit. The pursuit of speed in communications is rooted in the Greece spirit. It’s in the heart of R&M too“, says Alexander Petrov, Regional Manager SEE at R&M. “We are very much looking forward to working with Grigoris on R&M’s business growth in Greece.“

Grigoris Panagos states: “I am honored to take this exciting opportunity to develop and strengthen R&M’s position in Greece together with the experienced team in southeastern Europe. I’m looking forward to accelerating our business, providing to the customers high-quality products and innovative future proof solutions.”

Kim Ciesla states: “I am proud and excited for this opportunity to develop and strengthen R&M’s position in the Nordics. I have always seen R&M as a company with high quality products and solutions. I’m looking forward to excite our customers with R&M’s infrastructure solutions – connectivity that matters.”