technologyreseller.co.uk PEOPLE 45 Karen Winter Tollring Simon England Infinigate Saurabh Hana Hexaware Adam Binks SysGroup data solutions and his ability to articulate complex data sets, Bridges will help NTT DATA deliver data-driven value and innovation for clients in the energy sector as they seek to optimise the UK grid and achieve Net Zero targets. Bridges was previously Head of Data Science and Analytics at Smart DCC, where he helped develop a nationwide ecosystem of smart meters. He also worked on Centrica’s smart meter rollout as a Technical Analyst. uk.nttdata.com Hana to lead partnership push at Hexaware Global IT service and solutions provider Hexaware has appointed Saurabh Hana as its new Strategic Partnerships and Global Alliances Lead. With 17 years’ experience in leadership roles at Microsoft, Hana will focus on collaboration and co-selling opportunities with partners and the setting up of dedicated business units for key partnerships including with the hyperscalers. Hexaware empowers enterprises worldwide to realise digital transformation at scale and speed by partnering with them to build, transform, run and optimise their technology and business processes. https://www.hexaware.com Chae takes top job at SysGroup Heejae Chae, previously Group Chief Executive Officer of Scapa Group plc and Volex Group plc, is to take the reins at AIMlisted SysGroup on June 26 when Adam Binks relinquishes the CEO role after five years of consistent profit growth and a 300+% increase in turnover. Binks joined the technology transformation specialist as Chief Operating Officer in 2014, before becoming AIM’s youngest CEO in 2018. After leading a £10 million fundraise in 2019, he closed multiple strategic acquisitions, including those of Certus IT, Hub Network Services, Orchard Computers and Truststream, transforming SysGroup from a fledgling MSP into a mid-market technology solutions specialist. Heejae Chae is joining SysGroup as Executive Chairman, with current Chair Michael Edelson stepping down to become a Non-Executive Director before retiring from the Board in September. Canva appoints first Europe Lead Canva, the all-in-one visual communication platform, is reinforcing its commitment to the European market with the establishment of a European campus in New Infinigate role for England Simon England, formerly CEO of Nuvias Group, has joined the Infinigate Executive Management Team as Chief Growth Officer. In his new role, England will orchestrate Infinigate Group’s resources, teams and processes to support its ‘Spark your Growth’ mission and deliver continued growth for the value-add distributor of cybersecurity, secure networks and secure cloud. Since leading Nuvias through its acquisition by Infinigate in 2022, England has acted as advisor to Infinigate Group CEO Klaus Schlichtherle. https://www.infinigate.com/ Winter taken on as Tollring Head of Growth Tollring, a developer of business communications analytics, call recording solutions and telecoms expense management and fraud management systems, has appointed Karen Winter as Head of Partnerships and Growth. In her new role, Winter will help implement Tollring’s growth strategy, which she helped create, and develop new partnerships with global service providers and network operators in the Mitel, Cisco and Microsoft space. Tollring’s solutions are developed in-house and distributed via an extensive channel partner network to over 31,000 businesses globally. Winter has over 30 years’ experience in the software and telecoms sector, at industry leaders such as Microsoft, SAP, Sage, Morgan Stanley, P&O Events and Reed Elsevier, as well as SMEs and her own start-up businesses. She was previously interim Sales and Marketing Director EMEA at Fonetic, a specialist in speech recognition for the investment banking sector. With offices in the UK, USA, India and Australia, Tollring is a Microsoft Gold Partner in application integration, data analytics, application development and cloud platforms and a Silver Partner in project and portfolio management. www.tollring.com NTT DATA strengthens energy & utilities practice IT services provider and business consultancy NTT DATA UK&I has strengthened its Energy & Utilities practice with the appointment of Oliver Bridges as Head of Energy Data. With his knowledge of large-scale London and the appointment of Duncan Clark as its first Europe Lead. Clark was co-founder of UK-based data visualisations specialist Flourish, acquired by Canva last year. Flourish’s data storytelling tool empowers anyone to create beautiful visualisations that bring data to life through interaction and animation. To date, more than one million users have created more than 15 million visualisations using the tool. Flourish visualisations can be embedded in Canva designs, enabling anyone to create interactive, data-driven presentations featuring animated charts, zoom-able maps, explorable diagrams and other rich visuals. In the last four years, Canva has expanded its core offering and strengthened its technical expertise through the acquisition of six companies, all based in Europe. These are Flourish (2022), Kaleido (2021), Smartmockups (2021), SlidesCarnival (2021), Pexels (2019) and Pixabay (2019). First Head of Partnerships for Adventoris Adventoris, the Huddersfield-based developer of SaaS e-commerce solutions for wholesalers, manufacturers and suppliers, has appointed Matthew Pinel as its first ever Head of Partnerships to oversee the firm’s growing partnership programme. A former tennis pro, Pinel has spent the last 10 years working in sports and FMCG management in Australia. Adventoris CEO James Clarkson said: “Our partnership programme is an integral part of our business. We believe that through trusted partnerships, we can work together to build a tech community that opens new sales channels, reaches new customers and helps mutually improve product portfolios.” Brother promotes Millar and Caulfield to senior leadership team Following the retirement of Sales and Marketing Director Andy Forsyth after 11 years with the business, Brother UK has promoted Greig Millar and Terry Caulfield to the newly created roles of Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Commercial Officer. Both will now sit on the UK company’s senior leadership team alongside Louise People
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