Chief Sales Officer named by SP

SP Industries, Inc. (SP) has announced the appointment of Ian Whitehall as Chief Sales Officer managing and directing all global sales programs for the company’s three divisions, SP Scientific, SP Scienceware and SP Ableware.

Most recently EVP for SP Scientific Sales & Service, Whitehall joined SP in 2005 when the company acquired Genevac Ltd. from Thermo-Fisher Scientific. In making the announcement Bill Downs CEO of SP stated “Ian’s scientific education, research background and subsequent commercial roles including serving as Managing Director of our Genevac business make him uniquely qualified to strategically lead and develop our diverse sales platforms. As a member of the SP Leadership team Ian has been instrumental in expanding our portfolio of biological drug manufacturing equipment offerings, driving our growth in the global marketplace as well as integrating and realizing synergies between our equipment and consumables brands.”

“SP Scienceware laboratory and glassware supplies are highly regarded and have strong distribution particularly in the North American market. Brad Mahood most recently headed sales for this division and we were fortunate to have his years of industry knowledge and leadership as SP diversified and expanded its customer value proposition through the 2014 acquisition of Bel-Art Products and its related brands. Brad has retired effective April 29, 2016, however we are fortunate to retain him in a consulting capacity and look forward to Ian and the SP team continuing to build on SP Scienceware’s strong brand franchise, further expanding our international presence” added Downs.