Melco’s new General Manager Dan Raggett takes the top job in the UK
Leading digital music library specialist, Japan’s Melco Audio has announced a new General Manager for the UK as Melco stalwart, Alan Ainslie, shifts his expertise to Melco distribution in the UK and beyond.
Dan Raggett, the company’s UK Sales Manager, has been promoted to General Manager effective immediately and will be taking overall responsibility for Melco’s operations in a number of territories, with a focus on the UK.
Dan Raggett, the company’s UK Sales Manager, has been promoted to General Manager effective immediately and will be taking overall responsibility for Melco’s operations in a number of territories, with a focus on the UK.
Former General Manager and Melco Audio brand ambassador, Alan Ainslie, who has been at the helm of the company in the UK for seven years, will be spearheading the brand’s distribution in the UK, with North America and parts of Europe following imminently, bringing valuable Melco expertise to surrey-based distributor Audiophile Digital Music Masters (ADMM) in his role as Managing Director.
Before joining Melco in 2018, Dan Raggett was the Southern Area Account Manager at Naim Audio for three years, where he was responsible for Naim Audio and Focal in southern England.
Before joining Melco in 2018, Dan Raggett was the Southern Area Account Manager at Naim Audio for three years, where he was responsible for Naim Audio and Focal in southern England.
Commenting on his promotion, Dan Raggett said, “I am very proud and excited to be taking on this role for Melco; I certainly have some very big shoes to fill. I want to give great thanks to Alan Ainslie for all the advice, training and mentoring he has given me over the past 18 months.”
Although Alan is taking a well-deserved step back, we will be working very closely together for the foreseeable future. I would also like to thank Melco distributors and Melco retailers around Europe for helping me settle into the role. I look forward to helping Melco grow further in the years ahead.”
Outgoing General Manager Alan Ainslie added, “A project such as Melco is very much a team effort, involving lots of different engineering and commercial disciplines. Having spent a pleasant period of almost two years working with and coaching Dan, I am pleased that I can confidently hand over the reins, knowing that the Melco position can only continue to improve.”
Dan has a special challenge – there are no direct competitors to Melco. If there were, then his job would be a lot easier – but, as it is, he has a great team to manage and the key task for everyone is to educate and inform in all aspects of digital music storage and playback, which we all know is so much better and easier with Melco’s advanced technology.”
Although Alan is taking a well-deserved step back, we will be working very closely together for the foreseeable future. I would also like to thank Melco distributors and Melco retailers around Europe for helping me settle into the role. I look forward to helping Melco grow further in the years ahead.”
Outgoing General Manager Alan Ainslie added, “A project such as Melco is very much a team effort, involving lots of different engineering and commercial disciplines. Having spent a pleasant period of almost two years working with and coaching Dan, I am pleased that I can confidently hand over the reins, knowing that the Melco position can only continue to improve.”
Dan has a special challenge – there are no direct competitors to Melco. If there were, then his job would be a lot easier – but, as it is, he has a great team to manage and the key task for everyone is to educate and inform in all aspects of digital music storage and playback, which we all know is so much better and easier with Melco’s advanced technology.”
Although I am standing down from the role of General Manager, I will still be closely involved with the commercial side as I continue to run Audiophile Digital Music Masters (ADMM), the UK distributor for Melco. ADMM will soon be adding North America and some European territories to its Melco distribution, to ensure consistent branding and coordinated marketing activities, which will greatly help everyone.”
I have enjoyed the support of our technical and commercial teams, whether in Japan, or Europe, or in the case of some of our specialised software, in the UK. Thank you everyone. Great things have been achieved and we have only just started – over to Dan to make the next stage of Melco very special indeed.”
I have enjoyed the support of our technical and commercial teams, whether in Japan, or Europe, or in the case of some of our specialised software, in the UK. Thank you everyone. Great things have been achieved and we have only just started – over to Dan to make the next stage of Melco very special indeed.”
A raft of recent Melco news, including the new EX Series of digital music libraries, the new S100 data switch plus free five-year warranty upgrades, indicate an exciting 2020 for Melco’s music-loving customer base and newcomers alike. In March, the company announced details of a home demonstration initiative to enable audiophiles in lockdown to experience Melco in ideal circumstances: at home with their own systems, music and listening rooms/spaces.
