Schneider Electric Appoints Mark Yeeles as Vice President of Industrial Automation in the UK & Ireland 26/11/2020
Press Release appointment
Download PDF Moving from Industrial Segment Director, Mark will now lead the Industrial Automation business for the UK and Ireland
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced the appointment of Mark Yeeles as Vice President of Industrial Automation in the UK and Ireland. Yeeles, will take over from Martin Walder, who will move into a new European role, overseeing Industrial Automation Transformation in Europe.
Yeeles will play a fundamental role in driving forward Industrial Automation in the region, with a specific focus on increasing the uptake of interoperable automation software. While the sector has yet to feel the full benefits of digitalisation and automation, Yeeles will help to make its potential a reality, fueling the next phase of fast-paced growth in the UK and Ireland.
In the midst of a period of intense change following Covid-19, the importance of remote management, advanced robotics, and predictive analytics solutions has never been higher. With a specific focus on the CPG, food and beverage, and water and water waste markets, Yeeles will be tasked with helping partners and clients meet a new set of challenges.
Mark is the right person to continue the growth of the Industrial Automation division, said Mike Hughes, Zone President UK&I at Schneider Electric. Over his 25 years' in the industry including five with Schneider Electric, he has consistently proven his understanding of the market challenges our customers and partners face and how Schneider can help them. He brings great skills, knowledge and a fantastic ability to exceed customer expectations to the role.
Commenting on the appointment Yeeles said, I am absolutely delighted with the opportunity to lead the Industrial Automation team in the UK & Ireland. 2021 will be a year of great change with many opportunities for the sector to transform. We must embrace software collaboration and broaden our technological horizons to meet the challenges ahead. I cannot wait to start delivering innovations to our client and partner networks, whilst empowering them to meet their sustainability targets.
Download PDF
United Kingdom
Related Spokespeople
Martin Walder
Vice President of Industrial Automation, Schneider Electric UK & Ireland
Martin has worked in the automation supply industry for over 30 years, joining Schneider Electric in 2015 as Vice President of Industrial Automation across UK and Ireland. Throughout the years, Martin has driven the adoption of the latest robotics and autonomous systems, control and information solutions through both commercial and trade association roles. He is currently responsible for Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure automation offer for Smart Machines and Factories and for Industrial Market Segments having had previous roles with Honeywell, Rockwell and ABB Robotics. Martin believes that the technologies of the 4th Industrial revolution will help reinforce the agility, efficiency, and resiliency of our industries. An acceleration of digital and industrial IIoT solutions will not only make remote and predictive maintenance a reality, but are also at the core of the net zero carbon sustainability drive. Martin was sponsored through university and trained as a control systems engineer and since 2008, has also been Chairman of the Engineering and Machinery Alliance (EAMA) an umbrella trade association representing circa 2,000 companies across the mechanical and electronic engineering space. Connect with Martin on LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter.
Read more
Schneider Electric Appoints Mark Yeeles as Vice President of Industrial Automation in the UK & Ireland
27/11/2020
| LINK: | https://www.se.com/uk/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releases/schneid... |
| See more stories from schneider |
Most recent headlines
28/01/2021
LynTec Launches Innovative Narrow Profile Panelboards
LynTec, a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, today announced the l...
28/01/2021
Pliant Technologies Expands its Range of Professional Intercom Offerings With New CrewCom CB2
Adding to the success of its renowned CrewCom digital wireless intercom system, ...
28/01/2021
Closure of latest funding round enables Vionlabs to meet the surge in demand for its pioneering AI-powered Emotional Data services
Vionlabs, the industry leading provider of AI-powered content analysis, announce...
28/01/2021
TVU Networks Welcomes Allan Delaurier as Vice President of Sales for Canada, CIS Regions
TVU Networks, the market and technology leader in cloud and IP-based live video ...
28/01/2021
SMPTE Earns Two 2020 Emmy Awards for Technology and Engineering
SMPTE today announced that the Society has earned two 2020 Emmy Awards for Technology and Engineering recognizing excellence in engineering creativity. One aw...
28/01/2021
Universal Audio guitar pedals unveiled
UAFX series comprises three DSP-based effects Universal Audio have just unveiled a brand-new range of premium guitar pedals. Apparently many years in develo...
28/01/2021
January 27, 2021
Ardem Patapoutian receives 2021 Frontiers of Knowledge Award from BBVA Patapoutian is recognized for world-class research that provided the molecular basis for ...
28/01/2021
COV-AID: Live Events Rolling out COVID-19 Vaccines
COV-AID: Live Events Rolling out COVID-19 Vaccines posted: 27/01/2021 The Live Events industry is thrilled to announce the launch of COV-AID, an effort to...
28/01/2021
David Workman Joins Embrionix as Global OEM Sales Manager
David Workman Joins Embrionix as Global OEM Sales Manager posted: 27/01/2021 David Workman, Embrionix's New Global OEM Sales Manager Embrionix, a sub...
28/01/2021
China Media Group Brings First Extended Reality New Year Gala to Life With Ross
China Media Group Brings First Extended Reality New Year Gala to Life With Ross posted: 27/01/2021 While Chinese communities traditionally look forward to t...
28/01/2021
Tata Communications and Blackbird present: Enabling efficiencies in remote production with cloud video editing, 4th February 2021
Tata Communications and Blackbird present: Enabling efficiencies in remote produ...
28/01/2021
CJP Broadcast Completes Studio System Relocation for Core London TV
CJP Broadcast Completes Studio System Relocation for Core London TV data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562aaf4-bpthumb...
28/01/2021
Newly launched Fujifilm GFX100S and Atomos Ninja V readily enabled for medium format 12-bit 4K ProRes RAW recording
Newly launched Fujifilm GFX100S and Atomos Ninja V readily enabled for medium fo...
28/01/2021
ZOO Digital hires Andreas Kaj as Dubbing Territory Manager for Nordic Region
ZOO Digital hires Andreas Kaj as Dubbing Territory Manager for Nordic Region data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562aaf...
28/01/2021
Leader Launches LVB440 High Bit-Rate IP Packet Monitor
Leader Launches LVB440 High Bit-Rate IP Packet Monitor data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562aaf4-bpthumb.jpg......
28/01/2021
Voiceover Actor Martin Yap Takes the Fast Track with Flock Audio's PATCH LT
Voiceover Actor Martin Yap Takes the Fast Track with Flock Audio's PATCH LT data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562...
28/01/2021
Matthew Mungle and Terry Baliel to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at 2021 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards
Matthew Mungle and Terry Baliel to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at 2021 M...
28/01/2021
New Video on the Making of Eddie Van Halen Mural at Guitar Center Hollywood
New Video on the Making of Eddie Van Halen Mural at Guitar Center Hollywood data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562aaf4...
28/01/2021
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Elects New Board
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Elects New Board data-src=https://creativecow.net/wp-content/uploads/avatars/263018/5fa08c562aaf4-bpthumb.jpg data-srcse...
28/01/2021
WRAL-TV's 32nd Annual Coats For Children Brings Big Results Despite Pandemic
we were confident in our plan and that the people in our community would help the cause, no matter how it looked on TV. Little did we know just how much they wo...
28/01/2021
Xilinx Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Results
Xilinx Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Results Jan 27, 2021 XILINX, INC. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (In thousands...
27/01/2021
TVU Networks Welcomes Allan Delaurier as Vice President of Sales for Canada, CIS Regions
TVU Networks Welcomes Allan Delaurier as Vice President of Sales for Canada, CIS...
27/01/2021
Ward-Beck Will Cease Manufacturing
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Audio equipment manufacturer Ward-Beck Systems will cease manufacturing at the end of January, it announced on its Facebook page....
27/01/2021
HBO Max Subscriptions Grow to 17.2M, AT&T Reports
DALLAS-HBO Max ended 2020 on a high note, as AT&T shares that the streaming service doubled its activations between the end of the third quarter and fourth quar...
27/01/2021
BBC's Winterwatch Is World's First Large Scale OB Solely Powered by Green Hydrogen
LONDON-The BBC's Winterwatch has has become the first outside broadcast to b...
27/01/2021
Sinclair, Bally Reveal Bally Sports Rebrand for RSNs
BALTIMORE & PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Sinclair Broadcast Group and Bally Sports have debuted the Bally Sports logo and regional monikers for Sinclair's owned and ope...
27/01/2021
Embrionix Hires David Workman as Global OEM Sales Manager
MONTREAL-Embrionix, a subsidiary of Riedel Communications, appointed David M. H. Workman as global OEM sales manager. Reporting to Rik Hoer e, director Americas...
27/01/2021
Ross Video Voyager Powers China Media Group xR New Year's Celebration
OTTAWA-China Media Group selected the Ross Video Voyager platform to help with its production of Chineses broadcaster CCTV's New Year's Eve broadcast, w...
27/01/2021
Adobe Premiere Pro Editing Tool of Choice at 2021 Sundance Film Festival
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Adobe Premiere Pro was used by more filmmakers taking part in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival than any other video editing system, the company ...
27/01/2021
Tegna Acquires Local Sports Podcast Network Locked On
TYSONS, Va.-Tegna is purchasing the Locked On Podcast Network, which specializes in podcasts on local sports. With the acquisition, Tegna is growing its podcast...
27/01/2021
U.S. Homes Spent $26.5B on Streaming, Digital Entertainment in 2020, Per DEG
LOS ANGELES-Streaming subscriptions and digital transactions of content were the driving forces to a big 2020 for U.S. home entertainment spending, per a new re...
27/01/2021
Broadcasters' Capitol Riots Coverage Included Interviews With Members of Congress
WASHINGTON-The NAB praised the coverage by broadcasters during the Capitol riots...
27/01/2021
Global Production Meets the Tour de Ski, Nordic Combined World Championship Head On
Global Production meets the Tour de Ski and Nordic Combined World Championship h...
27/01/2021
Vizrt Introduces Production Control, an End-to-End Production, Graphics, Control and Automation SoftwareSuite
Vizrt Introduces Production Control, an End-to-End Production, Graphics, Control...
27/01/2021
Haivision Path Redundancy Brings Hitless Failover to Makito X4 Video Encoder, SRT Gateway
Haivision Path Redundancy Brings Hitless Failover to Makito X4 Video Encoder, SR...
27/01/2021
On the Hardwood: Charlotte Hornets Redesign Mobile App To Bring Spectrum Center Content to the Home
On the Hardwood: Charlotte Hornets Redesign Mobile App To Bring Spectrum Center ...
27/01/2021
CBS Sports Adds Constant Scorebug to PGA TOUR Coverage as Sellers Shy Takes Over at Front Bench
CBS Sports Adds Constant Scorebug to PGA TOUR Coverage as Sellers Shy Takes Over...
27/01/2021
Spotify lana creme, a playlist com o melhor do som de msica urbana do Brasil
Desde o lan amento da Pollen em 2018, as playlists sem g nero do Spotify decolaram em todo o mundo. Com a Pollen, surgiu a Oyster nos pa ses n rdicos, a Altar n...
27/01/2021
Spotify's Genreless creme Playlist Represents the Best of Brazil's Urbano Sound
Since the launch of Pollen in 2018, Spotify's genreless playlists have taken...
27/01/2021
Dissect' Podcast Explores the Reclamation of Black Culture in Beyonc's Black is King'
In April 2020, Cole Cuchna and Dr. Titi Shodiya (Dope Labs) came together to exa...
27/01/2021
Evolution of News Media Workflows
Evolution of News Media Workflows Michael Goldman January 27, 2021...
27/01/2021
More feel-good moments for an extra boost this Winter from Sky VIP
Sky today launches a collection of freebies to keep customers entertained, fit and to help with home-schooling during lockdown....
27/01/2021
RT JOINS EBU INITIATIVE TO GIVE AUDIENCES ACCESS TO TRUSTED NEWS FROM ACROSS EUROPE
RT AMONG TEN PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTERS JOIN EBU INITIATIVE TO GIVE AUDIENCES ...
27/01/2021
RT Choice Music Prize: Irish Song of the Year 2020 Shortlist Announcement
RT Choice Music Prize In association with IMRO and IRMA Irish Song of the Year 2020 Shortlist Announcement #rtechoiceprize The shortlist for this ye...
27/01/2021
A Sense of Responsibility: Lidar Sensor Makers Build on NVIDIA DRIVE
When it comes to autonomous vehicle sensor innovation, it's best to keep an open mind - and an open development platform. That's why NVIDIA DRIVE is th...
27/01/2021
NVIDIA Expands vGPU Software to Accelerate Workstations, AI Compute Workloads
Designers, engineers, researchers, creative professionals all need the flexibility to run complex workflows no matter where they're working from. With th...
27/01/2021
Ooredoo Algeria deploys Nokia's cloud-native core software to prepare for the future
Ooredoo Algeria deploys Nokia's cloud-native core software to prepare for th...
27/01/2021
Nokia and Elisa push network boundaries with world's first 1T deployment
Nokia and Elisa push network boundaries with world's first 1T deployment Press Release Nokia and Elisa push network boundaries with world's first ...
27/01/2021
Nokia comments on trading activity of its stock
Nokia comments on trading activity of its stock Nokia Corporation Stock Exchange Release January 27, 2021 at 8.15 pm (CET +1) Nokia comments on trading a...
