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Serge will be using his multi-lingual skills in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, whilst Nick will serve markets in Greece and the EU accession countries. This is in addition to the appointment of Tim Gardiner, now marketing communications officer. Tim will inevitably support the sales team and the worldwide network of Viking Johnson distributors, providing consistent, corporate communications to strengthen those customer relations.</p>\n<p>\n\tPeter Hoogsteden retains his role in Benelux and Scandinavia, while Frits Berben now represents the company in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.</p>\n<p>\n\tEuropean customer service is provided from the UK head office, where new staff members Lucy Byrne and Anneka Schorken strengthen the Viking Johnson CRM function by providing local language support for Germanic speaking regions.</p>\n<p>\n\tMartin Topps, Marketing Director of Viking Johnson said, “Offering quality customer service is of paramount importance to us. 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