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Kevin Weaver

is Vice President of the Brand Protection Group within the Xerox Supplies Business Group. He was appointed to this position in 1st April 2013. Leading the global Brand Protection team, Kevin’s responsibility will be to continue to drive Xerox aftermarket strategy, ensuring it remains connected with our broader Supplies and Operating Company strategies. Kevin will work closely with Xerox global stakeholders to optimize Supplies Brand Protection modeling, reporting, and response to aftermarket threats along with driving the development and deployment of Grey and Black market counter measures.

Kevin joined Xerox in 1986. He has held a range of managerial positions in service, finance, marketing and Sales and has held residential assignment positions in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the USA. Most recently, Kevin held the position of General Manager European Supplies Business. Based in the European Head Office in Uxbridge, London, the group provides Pan European sales and marketing coverage for the Xerox sold supplies business across Europe.

Kevin was born in Changi, Singapore. He obtained a master in business administration from Brunel University in Uxbridge, England, in 1997. Kevin will remain based in the UK with his family working from the UK office in managing the global Brand Protection activities.

Recent Articles by Kevin Weaver

Tackling the Intellectual Property Battle

The ownership of ideas and creations are among the most valuable assets to any company. Businesses invest in these ideas and rights and use the value they create to help promote and grow business for years to come. Printer manufacturers, for example, invest heavily in new ink and toner technologies and realize a return over the life of the device through the sale of supplies and consumables. When third-party supplies manufacturers, particularly manufacturers of new build ‘cloned products’, violate IP rights and take products to market, they are effectively stealing from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) – reducing the ability of the OEM to realize the full potential of their investment and, through their sale, securing financial benefit from the OEM who receives no compensation for this lost revenue. These organizations effectively take a ‘free ride’.