MSB International lost one of its brightest stars last month with the sudden and unexpected death of Martin Keene at the age of 34.

MSB’s head of sales Aidan Anglin said Keene was “a trusted and dependable manager, dedicated to his career, and a coach and mentor to his team members.

“He will be sorely missed by those closest to him, and those in the industry with whom he had built many relationships.”

After starting his sales career in 1987, Keene joined MSB in 1997 as a sales executive, moving up to team leader and becoming a business manager in 1999.

He had been sales manager of the telecoms team since then.

Keene leaves behind a wife and two daughters.