PEOPLE 01732 759725 42 New CEO for rural broadband provider Broadway Partners, the gigabit-ready fibre broadband infrastructure provider, has appointed senior telecoms executive Steve Haines as CEO as it seeks to connect 250,000 homes across rural Wales and Scotland. Formerly CEO of Lightspeed and an MD within BT Group and Openreach, Haines will work alongside Broadway Partners founders Michael Armitage and Barry Weaver, now acting as Chief Development Officer and Chief Technology Officer respectively. In October 2021, Broadway received £145 million in funding from Downing LLP to accelerate its roll-out of full-fibre broadband to isolated rural communities. broadwaypartners.co.uk Osirium CEO prepares for PAM push UK-based Privileged Access Management (PAM) specialist Osirium Technologies has promoted Sales Director Stuart McGregor to the position of CEO, replacing David Guyatt, who is now Executive Chairman. The move builds on recent successes at Osirium, including a 93% increase in initial contract value for new customers in 2022 and a tripling of customer numbers since 2020. Last year, the cybersecurity software vendor experienced strong demand for its privileged process automation (PPA) and privileged endpoint management (PEM) solutions, in addition to its core PAM product. McGregor’s priorities this year include raising Osirium’s profile, expanding into new markets and demystifying PAM. He said: “The journey to PAM shouldn’t be one of magic, complexity and jargon. As it enters the mainstream and demand for solutions increases, Osirium will play a leading role in enabling organisations of all sizes to strengthen their security posture with PAM – not only huge enterprises with big budgets.” www.osirium.com CovertSwarm expands leadership team Following a record year, cybersecurity company CovertSwarm is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of Will Morrish as Chief Revenue Officer to spearhead the development of a new sales and commercial strategy. His appointment follows that of Julio Taylor as Chief Marketing Officer in November 2022. Before joining CovertSwarm, which carries out constant cyber-attacks against clients to detect vulnerabilities, Morrish worked at Performanta, Alert Logic and Interoute. www.covertswarm.com Griffin takes the reins at Exertis UK As part of changes to its management structure, DCC Technology has appointed Tim Griffin as CEO of technology distributor Exertis UK, with former Exertis UK MD Paul Bryan taking up an international role as leader of DCC Technology operations in the Benelux, Nordics, France and the Middle East. As CEO of Exertis UK, Griffin will take operational leadership of the entire Exertis UK, Retail & B2B operations and have oversight of other DCC Technology businesses in the UK and Ireland. Commenting on his new position, Griffin said: “The size of the opportunity in the UK, both now and in the future, is a major prize and I’m excited to be taking the CEO role, leading the evolution of our UK business as we drive it onwards to ever greater success.” www.exertis.co.uk Infinigate supports organic growth with alliances role Infinigate, the fast growing cybersecurity VAD, is building on its recent acquisitions with the appointment of Mathias Bachsleitner as EVP of Global Partnerships and Alliances. Bachsleitner will support organic growth across EMEA by reinforcing strategic vendor partnerships, ramping and scaling rising vendors and forming new alliances. www.infinigate.com/ Node4 strengthens Board Node4, the cloud-led digital transformation MSP, has made two additions to its Board with the appointments of Iain Shearman as Chief Commercial Officer and Hannah Birch as Managing Director Digital. With more than 20 years’ experience in communications and cloud services organisations, such as Nasstar and KCOM, Shearman will lead Node4’s commercial strategy, delivering a unified go-to-market strategy for the group. Birch, previously a Managing Director at Accenture, will lead Node4’s digital business, strengthening its strategic relationship with Microsoft and integrating its recent acquisitions, risual, TNP and Tisski. She started her career at BP and later held leadership positions at Fujitsu Services UK and Computacenter. www.node4.co.uk Turbitt to lead Anaplan in EMEA Anaplan, the business planning and decision-making platform acquired by global private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.4 billion last year, is strengthening its operations on this side of the pond with the appointment of Dayne Turbitt as Managing Director, EMEA. Turbitt joins Anaplan from Dell Technologies, where he spent 12 years, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company’s UK business. His appointment follows Anaplan’s acquisition of the applications division of Vuealta, a UK-based planning solutions provider and Anaplan partner, late last year. www.anaplan.com Drata recruits scale-up specialist to lead EMEA expansion Continuous security and compliance automation company Drata has recruited George Bonser as VP of Sales for EMEA, as it seeks to accelerate its global expansion. Previously VP of Sales and General Manager, EMEA at OpsRamp, Bonser has a strong track record in bringing startups to Europe. He was Okta’s first employee in EMEA, helping the company to scale from less than $1 million in annual recurring revenue to $30 million in five years. He also worked at Data Domain and Nimble Storage before they were acquired by EMC and HPE respectively. drata.com New UK CEO for HGS Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), a provider of digital consumer experience (CX), business process management (BPM) and digital media services, has appointed Patrick Elliott as CEO of its UK operations. Based in London, Elliott will also be a member of the HGS Global Advisory Board. Previously employed by Capita, where he led Strategy & Product, Elliott has more than 30 years’ experience in product management, sales and marketing, strategy and general management at companies like The Instant Group, Serco, SAIC, Opta Ltd., BT Cellnet, Orange and Philips. OVHcloud appoints UK Channel Sales Manager Hot on the heels of Emma Dennard’s appointment as VP Northern Europe (the UK, Nordics and Netherlands), leading European cloud provider OVHcloud has appointed Sam Harrison as Channel Sales People Mathias Bachsleitner, Infinigate Stuart McGregor, Osirium Tim Griffin, Exertis UK Hannah Birch, Node4 Will Morrish, CovertSwarm Patrick Elliot
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