Chris Hollebone appointed GM of Coastal Acoustics

13 October 2003

UK - Coastal Acoustics announced the appointment of Chris Hollebone as general manager in a move to strengthen its sales and marketing resource. Coastal and sister company Harris Grant Associates, have completed a number of highly prestigious assignments this year and with an eye on significant expansion in 2004, this was the appropriate time to make a move.

Hollebone has previously held senior management positions at Sony Broadcast & Professional, TimeLine and DTS. Latterly he has been running his own sales and marketing consultancy and providing articles for a number of trade publications. Neil Grant, MD of both Coastal and HGA commented: "We asked Chris to review Coastal's portfolio and provide suggestions on how to maintain this momentum. One of the conclusions was that we needed additional sales, marketing and general management support. Who better than Chris himself."

Hollebone responded by saying: "HGA will be celebrating twenty successful years in business in 2004 and the future has never looked brighter for both design and Coastal's installations. It will be a delight to work for a company that still has quality at the top of its agenda and is taking its professionalism into new business sectors."

Coastal Acoustics has recently completed the AV and communications installation on two super yachts with another under construction. The company has also just finished the first phase of the new theatre installation at Tate Modern and have upgraded several Boxer installations at leading studios. Studio Davout in Paris recently installed a full Boxer T5 film monitoring system and is delighted with the results.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)