Viessmann has appointed Chris Johnson as UK Director of Sales, based at the company’s Telford headquarters.
In what is a new senior organizational position reporting into Managing Director Graham Russell, Chris will oversee Viessmann’s complete UK sales operation, covering domestic and commercial sales of all products and services within the company’s Climate Solutions division. Chris has previously held sales and business development leadership positions at Vaillant, Stiebel Eltron, and Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS).
Future-Oriented solutions
With his most recent role as National Sales Director – Heat Pumps & Renewables at Vaillant, he brings highly relevant experience as Viessmann expands and grows its penetration of the heat pump market with its Vitocal range of heat pumps.
I’m really looking forward to developing and leading the sales structure"
“I’m really looking forward to developing and leading the sales structure and strategy of the Viessmann business as it transitions to become an even stronger renewables focussed company,” said Chris Johnson. “Joining Viessmann at a pivotal point in its accelerated active transition towards renewable solutions and supporting the UK team to reshape the customer proposition are opportunities I’m very excited to deliver on. Working for an organization with family values and the ambition to develop future-oriented solutions was at the forefront of my decision to join the Viessmann family.”
Heat pump market
“With Chris’s appointment, Viessmann is taking another fundamental step forward in the UK,” says Graham Russell.
“Chris joins our business with vast experience of the heating industry and more importantly, the heat pump market. Chris’s technical knowledge and commercial awareness of the market will be a huge asset to Viessmann.”