H C Slingsby plc announced that the Mr. C J Slingsby has decided to stand down from his executive position as sales director to concentrate on a more customer facing day to day role in the South of England. Mr. L R Wright, currently marketing director, will take responsibility for management of the sales team and will become sales and marketing director. This change of reporting lines in respect of the company's sales personnel is in line with previously stated desire to give greater focus to key accounts and create closer integration of marketing strategy with field sales activity.