Goss International has promoted Tim Mercy to a new role as Asia Pacific managing director.

Most recently a sales vice president in Asia, he now leads a unified Goss sales, service and support organisation serving newspaper, commercial and packaging operations throughout the region, with the exception of China.

Mercy reached Goss via Harris Web and Heidelberg, spending 30 years of his 40-year career in the graphic arts industry with these companies. He has been based in Asia for the past 20 years.

Goss chief executive Rick Nichols says the appointment continues the company’s alignment based on four regional centres responsible for the Americas, Asia, China and Europe. Mercy has been “a valued resource” for printers, publishers and converters in the region for two decades, he says: “He is uniquely qualified to unify and lead the Goss team in that region and to help us continue to deliver the highest levels of value, product performance and support."

A graduate of Northern Illinois University – where he earned an MBA as well as a Bachelors degree in industry and technology – he worked previously with a leading US commercial web and direct mail company.