Sharon Darby has joined the marketing services team at Hoppe (UK), with particular focus on Hoppe’s offering for the door and window market.

Sharon has over 36 years’ experience within the architectural ironmongery industry. Before joining Hoppe (UK), Sharon worked for Laidlaw as a product manager covering a wide product portfolio. Prior to this, she worked for Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, an architectural hardware manufacturer, for over 22 years. Sharon is also a Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) diploma holder.

Sharon said: “My experience in supply chain and product management, alongside my technical understanding of architectural ironmongery, will help to support new sales opportunities for Hoppe and Arrone products, as well as specialist items for the OEM markets. I’m looking forward to new challenges and working closely with all of the experienced Hoppe team to understand the needs of our customers.”