Express KCS boosts senior team for major growth phase

June 1, 2010 - PRLog -- Leading independent media backoffice supplier, Express KCS, has boosted its senior operational team in response to a new phase of significant business growth. It has recruited Penri Jones to be its Vice President of Operations, based at Express KCS’s main headquarters in Gurgaon, Delhi, which houses more than 500 staff.  He will oversee all production operations and report to Tariq Husain, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. A highly respected creative operations director and business transformation manager, Penri leaves Williams Lea, a global outsourcing provider, after 10 years of service.

His most recent role at Williams Lea was Head of Studio Network Operations in the UK, and he had previously launched and managed its offshore creative team for two years in Chennai, India. Penri also led the company’s initiative to establish a premedia platform in mainland Europe. Robert Berkeley, Express KCS CEO, said that Penri has both the experience and drive to help guide our business through its next major phase. “Penri comes to us with a distinguished reputation in the industry, and he adds tremendous strength to our management team. This hire also demonstrates that we are an employer of choice for high-calibre professionals globally,” he said.

Penri will begin his new role in June, and said: “The opportunity to join the company’s leadership team at a time of rapid growth was very attractive. I'm looking forward to helping Express KCS achieve its vision of being the world’s media backoffice.”

Background

About Express KCS:

Express KCS is a leading independent provider of media related backoffice functions, including creative design, advertising production, copy development and editing, multimedia publishing,  image editing, packaging prepress, metadata management and manipulation, premedia, and web-based technology solutions. The firm maintains offices in U.S., UK, and Australia and an ISO 9001 certified production center in Gurgaon, India.  For over 40 years, the company has served the creative and agency markets. Their client base now includes some of the world’s leading newspapers, agencies, publishers, FMCG companies, and corporations.

Contacts:

Duane Alexander, VP of Global Marketing and Sales
Express KCS
+1 412 961 8160
+44 (0) 20 3318 3012
http://www.expresskcs.com/contact.php

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