New sales and marketing manager for Conflow

Company appoints Brigitte Pennington to develop new business opportunities in quarrying and surface mining

CONFLOW, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of dust- and fire-suppression systems, have appointed Brigitte Pennington as sales and marketing manager, with specific responsibility for developing new business opportunities in the quarrying and opencast mining industries.

Having worked in mining industry sales for more than five years, with particular experience in surface mining, she has extensive experience working with international quarry and cement businesses, which will help Conflow’s expansion into growth markets such as South Africa, Australia, Russia and the US.

Brigitte, who is fluent in Afrikaans, Flemish and Dutch, will play a key role in developing new opportunities for Conflow’s dust- and fire-suppression systems across the globe.

Mark Henley, managing director of Conflow, said: ‘Brigitte has extensive experience and contacts in the international mining and quarry markets, which will help us to expand our business even further into these areas. This is an exciting time for our business as we extend our expertise into these new markets, building on our reputation in the mining sector.’