LG Electronics has today announced the appointment of Ward Crawford as its first Chief Operating Officer for the UK and Ireland, although Mr Crawford is known to have joined the company last month. He’ll report to Brian Na, LG's UK president, and will be responsible for sales and marketing operations across all LG product categories. Ward Crawford was previously Chief Executive of climate change charity The Converging World and Managing Director of Green & Black’s chocolate, part of the Cadbury Schweppes group. [Press release]