PPDS has promoted ProAV veteran Jan Van Tieghem to serve as the company’s director of technical sales support.

Based in Ghent, with an EMEA remit, Van Tieghem has an AV career spanning more than 20 years, 15 of which have been devoted exclusively to supporting the evolution, development, and success of Philips Professional Displays on a global scale.

Van Tieghem’s association with Philips first began in 2006 when he joined the company as a system validation engineer; other previous roles include field application engineer (2011-2014), customer support engineer hospitality TVs (2014-2021), and functional manager customer support (2021-2024).

Van Tieghem will now lead support teams across all PPDS product ranges —digital signage, ePaper, interactive displays, videowalls, dvLED, and professional TVs – located in the company’s innovation centre in Ghent, Belgium, and throughout all regions in EMEA, including Benelux, CEE, DACH, France, Iberia, Italy, the Nordics, SEE, and UK and Ireland.

“I am hugely excited to have been given the opportunity and responsibility to lead the EMEA Technical Sales Support team,” said Van Tieghem. “The transformation and growth of the business over the past 15 years have been extraordinary, evolving from a traditional manufacturer of displays to one that now offers one of the industry’s most complete choice of total solutions, with software—developed in-house and with third-party providers—now a key strategic focus. We will continue to build upon the achievements of the team and work hard to ensure we lead from the front to bring the world’s best support and solutions to our partners and customers. It’s a great new challenge and I’m very much looking forward to the journey ahead.”

Martijn van der Woude, VP global marketing and business development at PPDS, added: “Jan is a long-serving and highly respected member of the PPDS team, who has shown throughout his career unwavering commitment and professionalism to deliver on the company’s ambitions. Jan’s natural team leadership skills, together with an unparalleled knowledge and experience of Philips Professional Displays, make him the ideal candidate to lead our team into the future. I wish Jan every success in his new role.”