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Name: David Jones Position: Operations director Company: Petty, Wood The job: Jones heads up operations and its related functions, including customer service, order fulfilment, warehousing, distribution and quality assurance. He also heads up the Petty, Wood telesales operation and takes on management of the company operation in Andover, Hampshire. He said: "I will take an active role in the development of the business and contribute to its strategic plans. The role of operations director allows me to focus on retail distribution, an area that is of particular interest to me." Background: Jones joins Petty, Wood from P&O where he began as a management trainee 13 years ago. He worked in various areas of the P&O business, moving up the ranks. He became P&O divisional general manager last year, with overall responsibility for its nine distribution centres nationwide. {{PEOPLE MOVES }}