Anthony Taylor, who joined Cobb last year to develop sales in the UK and support the Cobb Ireland distributor, is now one of three new regional account managers and takes on responsibility also for the breed's distributors in Africa.

Wout van Wolfswinkel, who was planning co-ordinator and then responsible for sales in the Netherlands and Belgium, becomes regional account manager for Western Europe. In addition to the Benelux countries and France, he will look after Cobb Germany, the largest distributor in Europe, and also Cobb Spain.

Mohammed Chail is the regional account manager for the fast developing Middle East market, while Stefano Ambrosini continues as the resident market manager for sales and technical service in Italy.

In another key move Euan Meldrum becomes regional marketing manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. After returning to Europe from 18 months with Cobb in the United States, he has been responsible for developing sales in France and looking after key distributors in southern Africa. He will continue to support our distributors directly in Sweden and Israel.

"As we position ourselves to meet exciting growth opportunities, these moves are designed to further promote the benefits of our products to customers and potential customers," says Jonathan Cade, director of sales and marketing.