Mahmoud Widyan has joined SPX Cooling Technologies as General Manager Middle East and Africa for Evaporative Cooling, effective March 4, 2012.

He replaces John Fish, who was appointed Managing Director Middle-East & Africa at CST International in February 2012.

Based in Dubai, Mahmoud will lead the Middle East team.

Before joining SPX, he was Managing Director at Dunham-Bush Middle East & North Africa. He has an extensive background in engineering, business management, marketing, and business development.

In his new role, Mahmoud will be responsible for customer relations, representative management, business development and commercial execution in the Middle East and Africa regions.

He can be contacted at mahmoud.widyan@spx.com or on +971 56 6816700.