Former Channel Manager, Tim Dawson has been promoted to Business Innovation Manager to focus on strategic business opportunities and enhancing the company’s systems and processes.

James Caldwell has been promoted to Channel Manager to continue the company’s strong focus on reseller support, building on his past experience in channel account management and client services.

A new recruit for AVG is Michael Chapman who has been appointed as a new Reseller Account Manager. In this role he will be closely working with James and the AVG Channel Team to provide premium quality service to the company’s reseller partners.

A recent business graduate of Monash University, Michael has also spent three years working in the hospitality sector where he gained a thorough understanding of customer service skills.

Peter Cameron, Managing Director of AVG (AU/NZ), said the promotions and new appointments will help AVG to strengthen its focus on its valued channel relationships and ensure that the company continues to have the people, infrastructure, systems and processes in place to provide exceptional channel support.

“AVG is committed to setting the standard for quality service in the distribution channel. These appointments are designed to ensure we have the resources and structures in place to deliver that benchmark. We also pride ourselves on being an employer of choice that aims to differentiate high performers and reward them with new opportunities for growth and career development,” he said.

About AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd — www.avg.com.au Based in Melbourne, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd is the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific distributor of the AVG range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products. AVG solutions provide comprehensive real-time protection against everything from viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits to cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. The AVG products, which are active on more than 70 million PCs worldwide, provide outstanding technical solutions and exceptional value for home, small to medium business and enterprise clients. AVG provides always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktops, servers and email in the home plus corporations, government agencies, utilities and educational institutions.

AVG (AU/NZ) has over 1600 resellers across Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific.

For more detailed information please contact: Lloyd Borrett AVG (AU/NZ) 03 9581 0807 Cathryn van der Walt For BoydPR 02 9418 8100

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