Wincor Nixdorf UK Board
Paul Fisher
UK Managing Director
Paul Fisher was appointed Managing Director for Wincor Nixdorf UK in February 2006, following a successful period as UK Services Director. Paul has been involved with IT and engineering throughout the whole of his career and his determined focus on growth has led the UK to be the most successful Services organisations in the corporation.
Kay Maier
Director, Finance
Kay Maier, joined Wincor Nixdorf in 1990 and since then has held senior positions in Finance and Commercial departments. For Wincor Nixdorf, Maier has undertaken many international assignments in countries that include China, Hong Kong, Austria, Australia and now the UK. Maier lives in the UK and is married with two children..
Ian Elms
Director, Human Resources
Ian Elms was appointed as HR Director for Wincor Nixdorf UK in November 2009. Prior to Ian joining Wincor Nixdorf, he spent the previous 13 years at Woolworths plc holding various senior HR roles. His broad HR experience has been gained from generalist roles across Retail, Distribution and Corporate environments, and is underpinned by specialist roles/experience in HR Reward and Labour Relations, Organisation Design and Development, Shared Services and HR Systems. Before starting his career in HR he had previous roles in IT, Sales, Distribution and Management Accountancy across various sectors, Retail, B2B and Manufacturing, in organisations varying in size from 28,000 to 100 employees.
Mary Rowen
Director, Services Division
Having led the Service operations with considerable success, Mary Rowen was appointed Services Director in November 2011. Mary brings with her a wealth of experience, having worked in a variety of Support Services, transformational programs and leadership roles spanning maintenance, managed services and software solutions.Prior to joining Wincor Nixdorf, Mary ran a very successful Managed Services Organisation for an IT Technology provider and was responsible for growing its profitability, expanding its portfolio and improving service delivery levels.
John Ennis
Director, Banking Division
John Ennis is the Banking Director for Wincor Nixdorf in the UK, responsible for the UK Company’s Financial Services business. John’s commitment to his customers and leadership has led the UK Banking Division to having the fastest services and solutions growth over a five year period for the entire corporation. Over the same period, John has profitably grown Wincor Nixdorf banking market share in the UK and opened new business with all UK Financial Institutions.
John’s career started with NatWest Bank, and progressed through a variety of IT, Project and Account management roles, to head up the self service channel of the UK’s largest ATM network. Accredited with making the NatWest self service channel the most innovative and profitable in the UK.
Martin Smethurst
Director, Retail Division
Martin Smethurst was appointed Retail Director for Wincor Nixdorf UK in October 2011. Having worked in a variety of IT sales leadership roles spanning maintenance, managed services and software solutions over 20 years, Martin brings with him a wealth of Retail experience to drive further growth for the Retail Division.Most recently Head of Retail Sales at Cisco where he was tasked with reshaping its sales strategy; this was an unqualified success and Martin was able to more than double the sales revenue in 3 years. Martin has also been Sales Director for MicroStrategy and IntelliQ focusing on providing Retail customers valuable insight into loss prevention, basket analysis and daily sales.Martin’s career started out in electronic and computer engineering, working on some of the largest chemical refinery plants and power stations across the world.
Richard Hemming
Director, Strategic Business