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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 20 images SEPTEMBER 2020 The Cotton Textile Company (TCTC) has announced the appointment of Iuliana Vinte as its new sales and marketing manager. Iuliana, known as Lulu, came to the UK from Romania in 2013 to study fashion design at the Middlesex University in London. After graduating, Lulu started her career in the fashion industry as a designer and product developer, and soon found her interests migrating towards marketing and business development. Lulu said: “It’s a great time to join TCTC as I am passionate about fashion and textiles, as well as digital marketing. “Its growth plans fit perfectly with my expertise, and I’m excited to help drive growth and fulfil my need to be challenged at this stage in my career.” imagesmag.uk/Lulu Summa has announced the appointment of Christof Van Driessche as its chief commercial officer. In his new role, Christof will be taking on the responsibility for sales and marketing within all Summa entities worldwide. Over nearly twenty years, Christof built his career at Brady Identification Solutions, where he held several commercial positions. Since 2018, he has gained leadership experience in the O&M Halyard organisation, which offers advanced medical solutions. Christof said: “I’m excited to take up this leadership role at Summa, and I’m looking forward to growing, developing and marketing the brand on a global scale.” imagesmag.uk/Christof-Van- Driessche CHANGING FACES Lulu Vinte, the new sales and marketing manager at The Cotton Textile Company Christof Van Driessche, new chief commercial officer at Summa Instagram introduces Reels for creating and sharing videos Instagram has launched Reels, a new competitor to the popular TikTok short-form video-sharing app. Reels enables users to record and edit 15-second multi- clip videos using audio, effects and creative tools. Users can share reels with their followers on the Feed feature and, if they have a public account, can make them available to the wider Instagram community through a new space in Explore. The Reels tool can be accessed at the bottom of the Instagram camera, with a variety of editing tools available to help users customise their clips. imagesmag.uk/instagramreels Stay in the picture with our Instagram feed and stories: @imagesmaguk Former DecoNetwork CEO acquitted of murder Neil Pentland, the former CEO of DecoNetwork, has been found not guilty of the 1997 murder of his business partner. Neil, 72, was charged in 2017 with the murder of his then-business partner, 47-year-old Philip Carlyle, who was shot four times in the head at his office in Robina, Queensland, Australia. Neil resigned from his role at DecoNetwork, a software company for the garment decoration industry, the week that he was charged. In Justice Glenn Martin’s published reasons for the not guilty verdict following the judge-only trial in Brisbane, he noted that “the case against the defendant was circumstantial”. He also stated: “I do not accept that the relationship between the defendant and Mr Carlyle was one which was deteriorating or in any way acrimonious. In fact, the relationship was such that the defendant was dependent upon Mr Carlyle exercising his skills in marketing to procure the result which they both sought.” In a statement, Adam Pentland, Neil’s son and the CEO of DecoNetwork, said: “DecoNetwork is extremely pleased with the finding of not guilty for the charge of murder placed against former CEO of the company Mr Neil Pentland. “In the future DecoNetwork will continue to utilise Neil’s expertise in a consultancy role to help the company continue moving forward as the leading business platform for the custom decoration industry.” imagesmag.uk/NeilPentland Users can record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos using audio, effects and creative tools