01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE John Conoley joins Aura John Conoley has joined Aura as Executive Chairman, succeeding Founder and CEO Alpesh Unalkat, who has left the business to pursue new challenges. “Aura is in great shape and performing very well indeed. We’ve been winning some amazing new clients, doing more with existing ones and have such great momentum for continued growth ahead. As founder of Aura this makes me so very proud,” said Unalkat. “I want to wish every success and happiness to my wonderful team. I’m sure the business will go from strength to strength under John's leadership along with the existing management team.” Conoley added: “Aura is well positioned for growth; it has great customers and a lot of opportunity. Many organisations continue to assess and reassess their requirements for premises, working patterns and technology in support of those considerations. Our job is to position ourselves to help them address those challenges.” www.aurafutures.com Hugh Simpson returns to Zyxel Networks Zyxel Networks has hired Hugh Simpson as EMEA Marketing Development Manager – Wireless LAN, underlining its commitment to becoming a leading player in this segment of the market and supporting partners in driving sales of Wi-Fi solutions. Simpson brings more than two decades of experience working in the networking business to this pivotal post – over half of which was spent at Zyxel. Previously, he spent 13 years at the company, most recently as European Pre-Sales Manager – a role he performed for three years, before leaving at the end of 2018. He has returned after an absence of around four and a half years, during which time he has worked in key pre-sales roles at specialist network and mobile services companies. www.zyxel.com Mitel names new COO Mitel has announced the appointment of Charles-Henry Duroyon as Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee Mitel’s global business operations, supply chain, and data privacy office as well as lead the company’s strategic planning and M&A initiatives. Duroyon brings a deep knowledge of international markets from prior leadership roles as Chief Human Resources Officer, COO, and Chief Executive Officer in a variety of industries. www.mitel.com SYNAXON strengthens UK customer support team SYNAXON has made a further addition to its team supporting UK partners with the appointment of Merle Althaus as Customer Sales Advisor. She joins SYNAXON having previously worked in the logistics sector, bringing plenty of relevant experience to her new role. Althaus is working full-time to support the growing number of UK partners that are making use of SYNAXON’s services to drive increased business efficiency and customer satisfaction. As well as providing partners with access to all of SYNAXON’s services – including SYNAXON Hub, SYNAXON Managed Services, and the EGIS e-commerce portal – she will also make use of her multilingual skills, acting as a key link between the UK and SYNAXON’s extended team in Germany. https://synaxon-services.com Westcon-Comstor appoints Chief People Officer Westcon-Comstor has appointed Erna de Ruijter-Quist as its new Chief People Officer. She joins from global FTSE 100 enterprise software company Sage, where she led major organisational redesign programmes and established strategic workforce planning capabilities, supporting Sage’s growth agenda. De Ruijter-Quist will continue to embed a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion and drive employee engagement, implementing programmes around innovation, internal mobility and learning and development. Priorities will include utilising her organisational development, organisation design and change management experience to accelerate the business’s transformation as it shifts further to a software and subscription-based recurring revenue model. www.westconcomstor.com Agilitas promotes John Hayes-Warren to CEO Agilitas IT Solutions has named John HayesWarren as its new CEO. He has over 30 years of experience in the technology channel and has held the position of Chief Revenue Officer at the firm for the last 12 months. Hayes-Warren has been instrumental in leading many of the changes at Agilitas over the last few months due to his expertise in strategic planning and operational execution across customer success, customer support and partnerships. As CEO, he aims to strengthen business resilience in the technology services sector and ensure Agilitas is the leading partner for customer success strategies. Commenting on his new role, he said: “I am excited to continue the great work already being undertaken at this award-winning business and I look forward to building on Agilitas’ exceptional success. The company has vast potential to help its customers benefit from technology and innovation and receive excellent customer service. I am thrilled to be working alongside the senior leadership team and be part of Agilitas’ journey in the future.” www.agilitas.co.uk Jon Conoley Erna de Ruijter-Quist Charles-Henry Duroyon Merle Althaus
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