Richard Burbidge Ltd has appointed Stephen Woodhouse to the new position of director of marketing.

Mr Woodhouse was previously managing director of Link Lockers, a provider of personal storage systems and part of the Whittan Storage Systems group. He has also held senior commercial, sales and marketing roles with Marconi, Siemens, Geest, Golden Wonder, Allied Lyons and Beecham, working in the UK, US and other markets.

An authority on lean processes and services, he is experienced in applying six sigma principles to marketing, achieving greater customer focus and added value.