Prior to his appointment, Mr Jong Wan Lim has worked for the Samsung Group for 26 years as a Project director in new business and head of overseas countries. Mr Jong Wan Lim also led the Samsung Techwin DACH, CIS and East European team.

"2014 will be a very exciting year for Samsung Techwin in Europe, Russia and CIS and I am very pleased to have the opportunity to lead a highly professional team who share my enthusiasm for providing customers with the best possible pre and post sales support, as well as ‘best in class' video surveillance solutions," said Mr Jong Wan Lim.

"The sales of the IP Network based solutions have already exceeded the sales of the traditional analogue products and with the help of our WiseNetIII IP Network Full HD range we have seen a dramatic increase in our own IP Network sales, which has proved to be extremely popular with installers and system integrators, I am confident that we will be able to grow our market share during 2014 and beyond."