The global sales team of AirSense Technology has been extended with the announcement of four new appointments.

John Kirk has joined Kentec’s technical support team as northern region technical support engineer.

Smoke control company Airvent has employed Keith Elves as a fire engineering consultant.

Exova has employed a new group technical director who will be responsible for the development of technical engineering and scientific structure.

The Fire Industry Association (FIA) has bolstered its technical team with the new appointment of technical manager Graham Simons.

Ian Doncaster has been promoted to fire engineering director for smoke control company Airvent.

Amax Security has appointed George Melpous to head up its new fire systems division.

Fire and security system manufacturer Xtralis has appointed Andrew Tuck as business development manager.

Andy Passingham has been appointed Director of Fire Engineering at engineering consultancy Buro Happold.

Mechanical pipe joining system specialist Victaulic has appointed Mark Gilbert as Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.

Stephan Sommer has been appointed Technical Director of Apollo Fire Detectors.

Tomoki Ikeda has been appointed Managing Director of Hochiki Europe. His predecessor, Minako Adachi, becomes Executive Officer of Overseas Division based at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo.

John Wilcox has been appointed Exova’s new Director of Fire Safety Technology.

Formerly Hochiki Europe’s production director, Kevin Restell has been appointed Operations Director and will take his seat on the company’s board of directors.