Richard Burbidge Ltd has strengthened its product design and marketing operations with the appointment of Kim Hathaway as design manager and Jasdeep Deol as assistant product manager for mouldings and radiator cabinets.

Mr Hathaway has more than 10 years of product and graphic design experience, working with a diverse range of household name brands including Indesit, Visa and BT, on new product development, website creation and graphic design for marketing, POS and packaging materials.

His appointment as design manager, with a specific remit to develop new products in line with current design trends, underlines the company’s commitment to growing the decorative timber market through innovation and product development.

A business studies graduate, Mr Deol joins Richard Burbidge as assistant product manager following 12 months as marketing co-ordinator with kitchen manufacturer H Burbidge & Son and a one-year marketing placement with power tools specialist Bosch.

His responsibilities will include promotional and marketing support to trade and retail customers for mouldings and radiator cabinets, as well as involvement with new product development and range improvements.