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23/1/13
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Miller International Director Honoured with MBE The achievements of Jacqui Miller, Sales and Marketing Director of North East-based Miller International, have been recognised with an MBE for services to industry and international trade in the 2013 New Year's Honours List. Jacqui is responsible for all group activities relating to sales and product distribution channels at the engineering firm, as well as setting and executing the company's marketing strategy. In addition she is a member of the Miller International Board and a shareholder alongside her two siblings. Miller was established in 1978 by Jacqui's elder brother Keith, their brother Gary also joined in 1979 and she completed the sibling team in 1981. From humble beginnings as a mobile welding service based in an allotment shed, the business has grown to become an
internationally renowned manufacturer of innovative ground breaking products, providing significant cost savings to its worldwide customer base. As a committed, determined and inspiring businesswoman, Jacqui takes her responsibilities to the business and its brand very seriously. Her recent focus has seen her using her individual flair and natural ability to encourage and ignite thought change required for developing and seeding the Miller product range in the emerging markets of India and China. Such are the challenges in these new markets that only business people with these skillsets will be able to force through the change in behaviour that is required to establish a successful business model, sustainable for the long term. Jacqui is a familiar face, well known throughout the international construction and quarrying industry. Relying on her previous experience in the mid-1980s of turning the UK market onto the quick coupler concept, she and the Miller team were intent on revolutionising how machines are now used onsite in most established western markets. Not content with this alone, she is pushing the boundaries of other new markets, such as Australia, the Middle East and Russia. She is also a keen contributor to business growth in general and is passionate about prosperity within the North East and the UK. Her interest in assisting other SME businesses sees her actively partake in meetings with the UKTI and the CBI, as well as being a member of the Genesis Initiative, a forum established to advise the government on current topics and challenges facing SME businesses. The award is testimony to the hard work, drive, passion and dedication of Jacqui and the entire Miller team. It signifies a fantastic start to what is a landmark year as the company celebrate 35th anniversary. www.hub-4.com/directory/570
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