Karl Wigginton has been appointed General Manager and Managing Director of Emerson Process Management for Australia and New Zealand.
Karl has been in senior roles with Process Control companies for over twenty years with recent positions at Emerson Process Management in both Perth and Brisbane. He has had an active involvement with Regional and Country Instrumentation Committees including the IICA and SAIMC over the years.
He recently moved from the Perth branch having managed the Western Australia region for the past two years. Previously he held the role as Brisbane Branch Manager for 7 years, responsible for Queensland and PNG. Both of these roles have given him an appreciation of the market in Australia and customer needs. Karl relocated from South Africa having moved from a General Manger position for a leading Instrumentation company in the late 90’s.
Karl holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Instrumentation) and obtained a distinction in a Government Trade Test when he qualified as an Instrument Technician.
Emerson Process Management says that Karl’s background at grass roots level from service in industry combined with his numerous years of experience in management with leading instrumentation companies puts him in a great place to support and drive Emerson Process Management to continue to be a successful solution provider to the Process Control market.