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John Kellett joins Panasonic as country manager

Hello and goodbye: Panasonic’s new country manager John Kellett (left) and Jose Alves

UK: Former Mitsubishi Electric UK general manager John Kellett has joined Panasonic as UK and Ireland country manager.

He replaces Jose Alves who is moving to a new European role within Panasonic in Germany.

Kellett joined Mitsubishi Electric in 1998 as operations manager. He had previously spent five years as a consulting engineer at Ove Arup. 

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