Appointments

Cloud telecommunications provider Firstcom Europe has announced the appointment of Christian Bleakley as Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jean-Pierre Vandromme, the previous CEO, moves to the position of President. “having worked closely with Christian over the past 18 months I am delighted that someone with his drive and enthusiasm …

Brigantia, a value-added distributor of cybersecurity services, has, as of 1st July, promoted Angus Shaw to sales director. In 2016, Shaw was a key member of the Brigantia management buyout team and, since then, he has built and led a sales team that has year-on-year continued to grow the company’s …

Exertis has announced the appointment of Jamie Brothwell as commercial director and Sam Williams as sales director for its accessories business. Both will report to Mike Buley, Exertis consumer managing director. As commercial director, Brothwell will extend her responsibility for accessories and peripherals at Exertis’ Harlow and Basingstoke facilities to include …

Ingram Micro UK has announced the appointment of Gary Lomas as its new UK sales director. In his remit, Lomas has responsibility for sales performance across Ingram Micro UK and Comms-care, its UK channel-only services specialist arm, bringing strategic guidance to its sales teams. With three decades of experience in IT, …

Joining from Cisco, Lynne Doherty has been hired as McAfee’s executive vice president of global sales and marketing for the Enterprise business. Doherty’s immediate focus will be to ensure that McAfee’s Enterprise teams and products continue to deliver a premium experience to customers, even during a rapidly changing business landscape. …

Leanne Wellings has joined the Agent42 team as an account director, managing a range of high-profile accounts across the marketing agent’s client base, working on digital media planning, PR, events, influencer activity and promotional staff training. This is Welling’s first move into the agency world following long careers at Jarvis …

DCC Technology has announced the appointment of Clive Fitzharris as the managing director of Exertis International. Fitzharris has been head of group strategy and development for DCC plc since 2017 and also a board member of DCC Technology. He joined the company in 2009 as head of development for its …

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has appointed Mark Stansfeld, co-founder and former chairman of Giffgaff, to chair the West Midlands 5G (WM5G) board of directors. WM5G is delivering the UK’s first region-wide 5G testbed, and Stansfeld joins at a pivotal time for the for the organisation with WM5G is entering …

Exertis has appointed Vishal Chhatralia to the newly created role of chief digital officer, reporting to both Tim Griffin, managing director of DCC Technology and Paul Bryan, managing director of Exertis UK&I. Chhatralia will be responsible for devising and implementing the distributor’s digital strategy, focusing on customer experience, marketing, digital …

Citrix has announced the appointment of Darren Fields to the position of vice president, networking EMEA. Previously regional vice president, United Kingdom & Ireland at Citrix, Fields started his new role at the beginning of April, 2020. With a company-wide vision for hybrid multi-cloud, alongside intelligent workspace, networking plays a …