Date: August 4, 2009

Steljes appoints New Group Sales and Business Development Director to its Board

Steljes, the innovative technology distributor, today announced a new appointment to its Board with the promotion of Martine Dodwell-Bennett from Head of Sales to Group Sales and Business Development Director.

Prior to joining Steljes, Martine held senior roles at RM within both Business Management and Service Delivery. Her career with Steljes started in 2005 where she gained experience in a number of departments including training and product management. Her detailed knowledge of how Steljes’ technologies brings benefits to both resellers and end customers alike and her commitment to putting customer needs at the heart of everything she does, led to her appointment as Head of Sales last year.  In this role she has been instrumental in improving how Steljes engages with its reseller channel and the way in which the company wins business.

Martine comments on her appointment to the Board “I am passionate about supporting our channel partners and end customers. I want to make Steljes the distributor of choice. The exclusive nature of many of our distributor agreements doesn’t give us the right to expect loyalty from our customers. Only solid service, good product propositions and great people can give us that. The year ahead offers our resellers exciting opportunities for growth and I want Steljes to be instrumental in helping our resellers achieve their goals.”

Nigel Steljes, Chairman of Steljes, adds “Martine’s appointment to the Board further strengthens Steljes’ commitment to its reseller channel. With her experience and proven track record, I am confident that the years ahead will prove profitable ones for our reseller channel. ”

Martine holds an MBA from Kingston Business School and is married with three children.