Carbodeon Appoints VP Global Sales & Marketing

May, 25, 2011

To serve its accelerated business development in carbon-based nanomaterials technology, Carbodeon is strengthening its sales and marketing function. The company has today announced the appointment of Dr. Adrian A. Williams as VP Global Sales and Marketing with key responsibilities to drive revenue growth and applications development, to develop its worldwide sales operations and agency network and to build state of the art services towards Carbodeon’s customers globally.

Adrian has over 20 years’ experience in international technology business, working in a wide range of leadership roles, including strategic marketing, sales management, business development and product / applications R&D. He has worked with globally leading corporations in a variety of industry sectors and has strong experience in major corporate relationship management.

“We are extremely pleased to have Dr. Williams join Carbodeon’s management team,” says Carbodeon’s CEO Dr. Asko Vehanen. “With his strong background and experience Carbodeon will be able to accelerate its growth with focussed and high quality customer service offerings. The company is currently expanding its manufacturing capacity and developing new products and technologies to meet the growing global demand.”

Adrian has a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the former Helsinki School of Economics (now part of Aalto University).

Carbodeon Ltd Oy supplies super hard materials for applications where toughness is at a premium. Our patented technologies offer superior opportunities to several fields of business. Our several different grades of Ultra-Dispersed Diamonds -– also known as nanodiamonds – each possess the desired properties fine-tuned for a growing number of dedicated applications. These grades are sold under the name uDiamond®. Similarly, our Nicanite® graphitic carbon nitride can be converted to carbon nitride film coatings with unique properties.

Asko Vehanen, CEO Carbodeon, asko.vehanen [ ] carbodeon.com, mobile +358 40 55 66 765

Adrian Williams, VP Global Sales and Marketing Carbodeon, adrian.williams [ ] carbodeon.com, mobile +358 50 378 9931