Expo Technologies managing director Peter MacAulay has stepped down after 25years in the position. He has been replaced by the company technical director John Paul De Beer.
Peter MacAulay chose to step down with effect from July 31st to pursue other personal interests. Two other long-serving, senior managers have also been appointed to the board; Martha Carrillo joins the board as director of business systems, and Matthew Dudones, VP of Sales, becomes director for the Americas.
In 1989, when Peter became Telektron’s managing director, revenue was around £1 million. By 1998 the group was sufficiently strong to acquire and merge with Expo Safety Systems. Peter led Expo’s CLAPs system development, guided the North American growth, and opened markets across Europe and Asia. Since the merger the group achieved 15 years of unbroken growth, and revenue has tripled to £10 million.
Peter MacAulay adds “After 25 years, I am proud that Expo is financially strong, respected worldwide, and growing. This was achieved by developing excellent people from within the business. We’ve implemented a strong succession plan, so I leave the business in able hands.”
“We are deeply grateful to Peter for his tremendous contribution to Expo over the past quarter of a century, especially his creation of a technology led, customer-focused team. We wholeheartedly wish Peter every success in his future role as a non-executive director and angel investor in engineering companies,” said Antony Nissen, chairman.
John Paul de Beer joined Expo Technologies in 2006 from Joy Mining Equipment. He rose to engineering manager and in 2009, technical director. As technical director, he led custom engineering, new product development and manufacturing, processes that have always driven Expo’s success.
John Paul de Beer says “We worked on this transition for six months. We’re in good shape, with an exceptional management team that deeply understands the technology, our customers, and their evolving requirements.
Martha Carrillo is an electronics engineer by training. She joined Expo in 2005, initially as office administrator, rapidly becoming Expo’s certification engineer and then quality manager. She was promoted to consultancy and certification manager in 2010, and continuous improvement manager in 2013. Martha leads our lean program, which has significantly enhanced our service and delivery quality.
Director for the Americas Matthew Dudones joined Expo Technologies in 1998, and became VP sales and marketing. When he joined, Expo’s Americas revenue was under $1 million. This region now accounts for around 40% of our business.
Expo Technologies is a leading company in purge and pressurization equipment for hazardous areas.
