Sun Chemical, the world's leading manufacturer of printing inks and pigments has appointed Angus Blundell as Marketing Director, Liquid and Packaging Inks, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), reporting to Felipe Mellado, Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member, Sun Chemical.

As a strong and growing area for Sun Chemical, packaging continues to provide the company with major sales opportunities in the packaging inks market. In his new role, Angus will drive the planning and delivery of programmes to increase Sun Chemical's sales value, market share and profitability along with identifying new market and business opportunities.

Angus will head up a team of six, working closely with Sun Chemical's business teams in order to manage, develop and grow the products and services Sun Chemical offers to existing and potential packaging customers, as well as other entities higher up the value chain such as brand owners.

Angus has a strong marketing background; his most recent position before joining Sun Chemical was at PPG Architectural Coatings, a major multinational coatings company, where he held the position of Marketing Director, Northern Europe Region. In this role he redesigned brand strategies to deliver growth in highly competitive retail and trade markets and managed a team of 50 across seven countries.

Angus graduated from Newcastle Business School gaining a Chartered Institute of Marketing Postgraduate Diploma. His first roles were spent with United Provincial Newspapers and Field Packaging Group. In 2002 Angus joined Kalon Decorative Products as a Category Manager and was promoted rapidly. In 2006 he was appointed Brand Marketing Controller for the Johnstone's and Leyland Paint brands, where he built significant success in the sales of these brands through innovative marketing, leading to his first regional role and then to his most recent post in PPG.

Felipe Mellado, Sun Chemical says: 'Angus is a highly talented marketing professional and we are excited that he has decided to join Sun Chemical. We look forward to working together to create and deliver a successful brand strategy that continues to drive the company's packaging growth trajectory.'

Angus started at Sun Chemical on 1 June 2012 and is based in Rochdale UK.