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HYDROTURF's philosophy is to operate our own office in the larger markets, or to place trained employees with local dealers in the smaller markets. We believe that this combination of quality HYDROTURF Managers and local Dealers, provides our products with a competitive advantage.
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Based on the PER CAPITA INCOME, the population of the country and the priority to landscape and beautify their environment, we have created our own offices in seven locations:- |
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QATAR |
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| There are other very important markets in the Middle East such as Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain etc and Hydroturf will move from using dealers in these locations to operating with our own people. |
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at Our DUBAI Head
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Colin Baxter MBA, FCMA - Managing Director |
Since Graduating in 1972, has held six different senior managerial positions. From 1983 to 1995, the Financial Manager of Abunayyan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This Company employed 1,200 people and was the TORO Irrigation Distributor for Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Baxter is a Scottish Accountant who in 1995 completed an MBA from Syracuse University in USA, one of America's Oldest Universities and presently in the top 10% of American Business Schools.
He helped create the concept and Business Plan to get Hydroturf started. He moved to Dubai in 1995 to head up this new company, which would market, sell and support a range of high quality and complementary products (TORO, CLUB CAR, FLOWTRONEX...) |
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| Gerald S Williams, A.S.L.A. - Golf Course and Landscape Architect |
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Gerald S. Williams has 20 years of diversified and comprehensive experience in managing the design and construction of Landscape Architecture, planning and golf course architecture projects in the international marketplace.
He has been involved in over 30 golf course projects and worked with such high profile Golf Course Architects as Desmond Muirhead, Karl Litten, Gene Bates and Fred Couples. Gerald has been a resident of Dubai since 1982.
Gerald designed and supervised construction on the Tower Links golf Course in Ras Al Khaimah, which Hydroturf built.
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| David Ball – General Manager Landscape Design, Construction and Landscape Product Sales |
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David has worked in Dubai since 1992. He has been responsible for many high profile landscaping projects including the Royal Mirage Hotel, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Madinat Jumeirah.
His experience in landscape design and construction is second to none in the UAE and this skill and expertise is now available to our Hydroturf customers.
From Landscape Design, through Landscape Construction and Maintenance, Hydroturf now offers Projects a superior quality service.
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| Shaju Lonappan – Manager Pumps and Irrigation Products |
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Mr. Lonappan has extensive electrical engineering experience going back to 1987.
he worked as Senior Electrical Technician for Sheikh Mohammed's Engineers Office in Dubai before moving to Hydroturf in 1998.
He has been trained by FLOWTRONEX Pumps and TORO in the USA and Europe, on their pumping and irrigation electrical requirements.
In 1999 he was made International Technician of the year by FLOWTRONEX Pumps, USA.
In 2005 he was promoted to manage our new pump workshop division and to take on the new dealerships for ITT LOWARA PUMPS and Swiss Pumps Co.
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| Brian Goudie - General Manager Club Car,
Toro Machinery & Trojan |
Brian was MD of AM RUSSELL, the TORO and CLUB CAR Dealer in Scotland for 14 years to 2000.
He then moved to Scottish Grass Machinery, a TORO Dealer and worked as Business Development Manager to 2006.
Brian joined
Hydroturf in 2006 to manage Club Car and Trojan in
the Gulf Region. In 2007, the Toro Turfcare
Machinery product range was added to Brian's remit.
Brian is an experienced professional who will keep
Club Car, Toro Machinery and Trojan as the Market Leaders throughout the Middle East. |
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| Habib Iqbal - CLUB CAR Services |
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Mr. Iqbal started with the prestigious Emirates Golf Course, Dubai as a mechanic in 1988 and was promoted to Head Mechanic
He joined Hydroturf in 1996 and has helped develop our After Sales Service team.
Habib heads up our growing team of mechanics, employed specifically to provide after sales support and service to our Club Car customers.
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| Greame Francis, General Manager, Abu Dhabi & Gulf Region Golf Irrigation |
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Mr. Graeme Francis joined TORO UK in 1986 and developed his knowledge and skills on the Irrigation Product range.
Graeme has held senior managerial positions with Turf Irrigation Services, Hydroscape Group, Lely UK Ltd, Par 4 Irrigation Ltd, Lakes and Greens Ltd and KAR UK.
His water products experience covers Landscape Contracting, Irrigation Auditing, Distributor Sales and he was GM in 2 UK Companies.
Graeme is a huge asset to Hydroturfs customer base and to our American and European suppliers.
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| at Our CAIRO office, Egypt |
| Ken Lovelady - General Manager, Cairo, Egypt |
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Mr. Lovelady joined TORO UK in 1986 and developed his knowledge and skills on the Irrigation Product range.
In 1990 he was appointed TORO Product Manager for Saudi and in 1993 he relocated to Abunayyan, the new Irrigation Distributor for Saudi Arabia.
Mr.Lovelady was a joint founder partner in HYDROTURF and he moved to Dubai in 1995 to help create this new Company.
He helped build the customer and support base for 4 years from Dubai and was promoted to Egypt as GM in 1999, to improve the performance of Hydroturf Egypt.
His wide knowledge of Irrigation and Turf Machinery has proved an invaluable asset to firstly customers in the Gulf and then to customers in Egypt. As a result of our performance in Egypt, CLUB CAR appointed HYDROTURF as their Egyptian Dealer in 2000.
Ken offers over 20 years Middle Eastern experience and a comprehensive knowledge of Irrigation, Turfcare Machinery and Club Car Products. |
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| Marwan Hurani BSc Ag - General Manager - Doha |
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Mr. Hurani has a wide Regional knowledge, having worked in Jordan, U.A.E, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Tunisia, Oman, Egypt, USA and Europe.
He has a BSc. in Ag. Engineering from the prestigious Cranfield Institute Of Technology (CIT) in the United Kingdom and over 20 years of experience with variety of irrigation products.
Joining Hydroturf in 1999, he was based in the UAE, until promoted in 2002, to head up our new office in Doha.
Doha is a new and developing market and Hydroturf's new office ensures a professional service to potential customers.
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| Peter Forrester - Turf Farm Manager |
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Mr Forrester started as Superintendent at Tower Links Golf Course, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE in 2004. Hydroturf designed and built this superb grass 18 hole Golf Course and handed it to the Client in 2004.
The golf course is associated with our 4 Turf Farms in Ras Al Khaimah and Peter took over grass management of the Turf Farms in 2005.
Peter’s job is to ensure a high quality of Bermuda, Durban and Sea Isle grass is available to our customers and that the Turf Farms production is maximized.
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