Panasonic Australia has appointed an experienced B2B technology professional to head up its Business Systems Group. Jason Coleman, formerly of Canon Australia and HP, replaces Stuart Craig, who resigned after only three months in the role.

Panasonic Australia statement:

Panasonic Australia has appointed Jason Coleman as Director, Business Systems Group to oversee the sales of the brand’s B2B offering, including Toughbook; Projectors and Commercial Displays; Broadcast and Security solutions; and Phone Systems.

Jason brings to the role over 15 years of industry experience across IT, Office Solutions, Print and Document Management and Information Management.

Most recently, Jason spent two years at Canon Australia and nine years at Hewlett-Packard.

Panasonic is one of Australia’s leading suppliers of business technology, offering complete solutions to commercial enterprises and markets including Government, Healthcare, Utilities and Education.

 “Panasonic business technologies are critical to thousands of organisations across Australia. With this in mind, the management of this section of our business is key to our Australian operations,” said managing director Steve Rust.

“Jason’s impressive background and breadth of experience demonstrates strong and proven expertise in driving success, both for his own organisation and on behalf of customers and partners. His deep commitment to both external and internal relationship management is highly valued.”

“Panasonic has a great reputation for delivering trusted technology solutions that underpin its customers’ business goals and strategies,” said Coleman.

“I’m thrilled to join the organisation at such an exciting time and I am looking forward to tackling the challenges associated with growing and developing Panasonic’s business through leadership, vision and execution with my management team.”