01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE Change at the top Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has announced Christof Böhm will succeed Bernd Eberhardt as President and Managing Director. With over 30 years of experience with the company – most recently as Senior Vice President Engineering, Quality Assurance & Service – Böhm has a profound understanding of the display business and its challenges to lead the company into the next phase of development. As the joint venture continues the business transition, the company will move to full ownership by the Sharp Corporation. The speed of transfer to the Sharp brand will vary across product categories. In 2024, Sharp/NEC will continue to launch new products under the Sharp brand, drawing on the expertise of both Sharp and NEC. The first significant co-development will launch early in 2024 with the Sharp-branded second generation MultiSync ME Series large-format display range. www.sharpnecdisplays.eu Zoe Pullen joins Lease Group Zoe Pullen, previously Head of Enterprise for Samsung and Vodafone, will head up Lease Group’s corporate division to offer hands-on support and expertise for resellers, manufacturers and networks when packaging finance as part of their total value proposition. She said: “I jumped at the opportunity to join Lease Group, a leading player in technology finance with a well-established partner programme. I look forward to working with key players in the IT, telecoms and energy sectors and supporting them with cutting-edge leasing solutions that ease the financial pressures of deploying the latest tech on a corporate scale.” Pullen will focus on supporting corporate deals through Lease Group’s partner channel, calling upon the financier’s range of leasing solutions that enable sales whilst protecting the VAR’s cash position. www.leasegroup.co.uk IFS appoints new MD Stephanie Poore has been appointed as the new UK&I Managing Director for cloud enterprise software company IFS. She takes over from Alan Laing, who has been appointed Chief Customer Strategist of Southwest Europe and Latin America and Chairman of UK&I to focus on driving the company’s regional customer success moving forward. Poore, who moves from the role of Sales Director UK&I is set to steer IFS UK and Ireland towards continued growth, with a focus on customer-centric strategies and revenue generation. These appointments reflect IFS’s strategic focus and consistent performance to date as it looks to cement its position as a leader in ERP, EAM, FSM, and ESM across its key markets. www.ifs.com Cellhire hires ex-Vodafone IoT leader Cellhire, an international connectivity expert specialising in mobile communications and M2M/IoT services has named ex-Vodafone IoT leader Tony Guerion as its new CEO. Guerion brings over 27 years of experience in business leadership and management in the communications industry. He said: “It’s a great privilege to join Cellhire during this exciting phase of the company’s expansion. Cellhire has developed a powerful IoT proposition, powered by its MVNO on Orange France, and I look forward to building on the great success the business has already achieved in its global growth.” www.cellhire.co.uk TelcoSwitch names new CEO TelcoSwitch has appointed Howard Stevens as its new Chief Executive Officer. He spent eight years as SVP & Global Head of Sales at enterprise software leader SAP, where he developed telecoms into one of the company’s top three fastest growth markets. Stevens takes over from current CEO, Matt Mansell, who oversaw the business and its launch of the CallSwitch One platform following the acquisition of TelcoSwitch by investor Queen’s Park Equity (QPE). Mansell retains a position on the board of directors and will continue to oversee the technology strategy of the wider group of TelcoSwitch businesses. https://telcoswitch.com New faces at Cohesity Olivier Savornin has been appointed Cohesity’s Group Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Savornin will lead the company’s sales and customer engagement efforts in the EMEA region, with a focus on driving the adoption of its AI-powered modern data security and management solutions. Fraser Hutchison has been named Area Vice President (AVP) of Sales for UK, Benelux, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and Finland (Northern EMEA). Hutchison, who has 22 years of experience in information technology and leadership will lead Cohesity’s sales and customer engagement efforts in EMEA. Commenting on his new role Hutchison said: “I want to establish Northern Europe as a strong and growing region in EMEA. To achieve this, I want to build a strong team that clearly focuses on enterprise customers. Cohesity has a fantastic AI-driven solution package that will allow these companies to strengthen their security posture and to reduce their costs at the same time.” www.cohesity.com Christof Böhm Stephanie Poore Howard Stevens, TelcoSwitch Fraser Hutchinson, Cohesity Tony Guerion, Cellhire Zoe Pullen
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