Steve Norbury appointed Managing Director of Selden Masts
by Jane Turner 15 Jun 2006 14:20 BST
“I am pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Norbury as the Managing Director of Seldén Masts Limited” said Peter Rönnbäck, CEO of Seldén Mast Group. “Steve brings a wealth of talents to the role which includes a strong sales and marketing track record in the marine market place, plus he has a strong passion for sailing”
Steve Norbury joins Seldén Masts Limited from Bainbridge International where he held the role, Head of Marketing. Steve has a wide experience in the international marine market which is complemented by his own personal sailing achievements having been a member of GBR Youth and Olympic Squads and a winner of the Burton Cup.
Steve was introduced to mast making from an early age, his father being Managing Director of Proctor Masts Ltd during the 70’ and 80’s. Proctors subsequently became part of Seldén in 1997.
Steve Norbury said “I am delighted to be accepting this important leadership role with Seldén Masts Limited. Seldén is a leader in the market place and it is great to be joining a winning team. What really excites me is that it is a very dynamic market place which presents many opportunities, the recent investment by the Seldén Group in the UK manufacturing facility has created greater capacity for both aluminium and carbon spars and I look forward to leading Seldén forwards in terms of technology, service and performance.”
To summarise Steve said “Seldén Masts Limited can look forward to a very bright future. Seldén’s are already the leading UK yacht spar supplier and are the World leader in the dinghy market. We have a strong team of people and I look forward to leading that team to develop the new and aftermarket business.”
About Steve Norbury
Steve is married with a young family and lives in Locks Heath, Southampton.
His sailing achievements include participation in GBR Youth and Olympic Squads as well as winning the Burton Cup in the National 12. He currently races an Elan 37 under IRC as well as sailing an RS700 and a Mirror with his young family at Warsash Sailing Club.
Steve is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds the Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing. He is also an active member of the BMF and is a committee member of the UK Sailing section.
About Seldén Masts Limited
Seldén Masts Limited is part of the Seldén Group.
Seldén Mast design, develop and market dinghy masts world wide and also serve the UK keelboat and yacht market. The new 50,000 sq. ft purpose built facility has allowed Seldén Masts Limited to make further investment in carbon spars through the extension of the filament-winding machine and the installation of a 20m long auto-clave. This enables Seldén Mast to make single piece carbon spars up to 20m in length to better address the needs of the IRC and IMS yacht market.
Seldén Masts Limited is committed to developing the highest performing masts, sailors using Seldén Masts won 6 medals at the recent Athens Olympics.
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