{"id":10052,"date":"2020-03-01T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T04:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppmmagazine.com.au\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2021-03-20T01:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:16:44","slug":"staff-changes-at-bell-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/professional-pest-manager-magazine\/staff-changes-at-bell-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFF CHANGES AT BELL LABS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A well known figure in the pest control world, <strong>Andy Knox<\/strong> of Bell Labs has left the business to entire retirement.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr-thick\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belllabs.com\/\">Bell Laboratories<\/a> has announced the retirement of Australasian business manager <strong>Andy Knox<\/strong>. Effective January 2020, Australia technical and training representative <strong>Samuel Wood<\/strong> has transitioned into the role as Bell\u2019s new Asia Pacific business manager.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Relocating from Scotland to Australia in 1980, Mr Knox started in the pest control industry\u00a0by selling\u00a0a range of agricultural and pest control products. Throughout his early career, he excelled in the industry by working with companies including Agrevo and Globe Pest Solutions, before becoming the managing director of his own company, Better Methods. After 30 years working in the industry, Mr Knox joined Bell Labs to manage the Australian, New Zealand, and Asian markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>In his nine years at Bell, Mr Knox has helped the international business grow significantly. Alongside Mr Wood, who has been with the company for four years, the pair have strengthened the Bell brand by supporting business relationships and maintaining strong partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Knox commented, \u201cI have thoroughly enjoyed my time in\u00a0the industry, and particularly with Bell Laboratories. I have made so many friends through business over the years that it is hard to thank everyone. I am happy and proud to know that Bell is in good shape, and in good hands for the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based in Victoria, Mr Wood will continue to expand Bell Labs\u2019 business together with newly hired <strong>Meilisa Oen<\/strong>, who will take on the technical representative role in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well known figure in the pest control world, Andy Knox of Bell Labs has left the business to entire retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":10300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"A well known figure in the pest control world, Andy Knox of Bell Labs has left the business to entire retirement.\u00a0","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"company":[143],"pest":[],"pesticide":[],"product-service":[],"class_list":["post-10052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-pest-manager-magazine","company-bell","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"pest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pest?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"pesticide","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pesticide?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"product-service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-service?post=10052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}