Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes Appointed New Sales Manager at VBH

Ryan Holmes Appointed New Sales Manager at VBH

Hardware supplier, VBH, has announced that Ryan Holmes has joined the company in the role of Regional Sales Manager – South East.

Ryan is said to be well known to many fabricators in southern England. He is very experienced, having represented prominent and respected hardware companies for the past 10 years.

VBH offers a large portfolio of products from its own greenteQ brand, as well as those from longstanding supply partners including AGB, Cotswold, Roto, Securistyle and Yale.

VBH has said that Ryan is already achieving success with new and existing customers as he builds the company’s presence in its ‘home’ region.

Richard Gyde, Managing Director at VBH said: “I have known Ryan for many years, and I am delighted that he has decided to join VBH at this exciting time for us. Ryan has extensive product knowledge, which is hugely beneficial both to VBH and to our customers.

“Equally importantly, Ryan is very much a people person and has seamlessly slotted into the team since joining in September.”

VBH Great Britain

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