Hodge appointed MD at Quickflix

Perth-based online movie company Quickflix Ltd has announced the appointment of its chief operating officer, Simon Hodge, as managing director, replacing Stephen Langsford who will remain with the company as an executive director.

Mr Hodge and Mr Langsford co-founded Quickflix in 2003 and have established Quickflix as Australia's largest independent online movie rental company with over 26,000 subscribers and the largest range of movie and TV series DVD titles.

The company has also announced the appointment of Louise Ardagh to the newly created role of marketing director, with a view to driving continued subscriber growth.

Quickflix chairman Kevin Campbell said the appointments reflected the company's longterm succession plan as well as its focus on aggressively driving subscriber growth.

The new appointments take effect immediately.