Appointments

Vodafone has appointed Kathy Quashie as head of partnerships and alliances. She will provide support to Vodafone’s partners, helping them market and sell its leading range of mobile, fixed, converged and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to businesses of all sizes across the UK. She will also be looking to …

Ripon-based cyber security distribution business Brigantia Partners has reported a strong first half year growth driven by technology channel demand for its email, end point and security awareness services. This demand is the result of the growing number of businesses suffering phishing and other forms of cyber related attacks. Adding …

Avast has appointed Vita Santrucek as general manager of Avast Business, effective immediately. In his new role, Santrucek will join the Avast executive leadership team and deepen his focus on building out excellence in Avast Business products through engineering, product management, and operations as the company continues to expand its …

Nutanix has appointed Sammy Zoghlami as senior vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Having previously held the role of sales lead for the company’s operations in Southern Europe, Zoghlami will take responsibility for all aspects of Nutanix sales in a region stretching from Scandinavia to South …

Secarma has appointed ex-military cybersecurity expert Holly Williams as technical director, as it looks to bolster its growing cloud security division. The board-level role sees Williams heading up the technical development and direction of Secarma’s 40-strong team of penetration testers and senior management. Williams previously served for five years as …

WM5G – a new organisation set up to deliver the UK’s first region-wide 5G testbed in the West Midlands – has appointed Igor Leprince as chair of the WM5G board. Leprince will report to the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), whilst overseeing the WM5G programme to accelerate the deployment of …

Cloud managed services firm Doherty Associates has announced the appointment of Ian Thorne in the role of services director. Thorne will be responsible for overseeing the London and Kuala Lumpur-based service desk and 24/7 support and directing operations at Doherty. Thorne brings a wealth of expertise gained at senior level, with …

Exertis has announced further changes to its Group structure to “take advantage of the opportunities provided by the organisation’s increasing global operations and to support its core business functions, internationally”. Jason Chibnall has been named chief information officer, Fiona Graham becomes chief marketing officer, and Alan Lynch takes on the …

Ingram Micro has appointed Brian Verburg as the new manager of its European cyber security center of excellence. Verburg will manage the centre of excellence, which was recently launched in the Netherlands. It extends support across Europe, including Germany, UK, France, Spain, Nordics, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland among others. …

Lexmark’s board of directors has selected Allen Waugerman as its new president and chief executive officer. Waugerman joined Lexmark at its inception in 1991 and has served in a variety of leadership roles, including leading the company on an interim basis during the CEO search. Since 2016 he has served …