Harman’s Keith Watson joins ISE board of directors

The Board maintains three positions for representatives of ISE’s exhibitors, each of whom serves a three-year period of office.  Watson joined ISE’s Advisory Committee in 2009.
 
After qualifying as a designer in Mechanical Engineering, Watson went through a series of Cranfield and Harvard business and marketing modules before joining Harman in 2003. His previous appointments spanned advanced design software for the aerospace and automotive sectors, and a spell working for a marketing and design agency. In his current role, he is responsible for all Soundcraft Studer product management and brand promotion, alongside multi-brand programmes with Harman sister companies AKG, JBL, Crown, Lexicon, dbx and BSS.
 
Mike Blackman, ISE MD said; ‘When ISE first started, professional audio played a relatively small role not just in our events but in the av industry generally. Since then we have seen audio start to assume much more significance in the planning and implementation of av projects across all sectors, and the number of pro-audio exhibitors at ISE has increased substantially year on year. We felt it was important to reflect this trend by appointing someone with a strong pro-audio background to our board when Tim’s three-year term came to an end, and Keith’s position and experience made him the perfect candidate.’