01732 759725 40 PEOPLE ...continued SYNAXON expands UK team Channel services group SYNAXON has expanded its UK team with the recruitment of Anthony Hampson as Account Executive. With seven years’ experience in sales and account management in the IT distribution sector, Hampson will be responsible for increasing engagement and activity with existing partners and bringing on-board new partners. synaxon-services.com .... Infinigate move for Capita Europe chief Cybersecurity and cloud distributor Infinigate Group has appointed Marcus Meloni as its new European CEO. Meloni has more than 20 years’ experience leading international technology companies, first as CEO of avocis Gruppe and then founder, CEO and Chairman of Capita Europe after the British outsourcing group acquired avocis in 2015. Meloni will be based at Infinigate’s HQ in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. www.infinigate.com .... New Head of Office Printing at Epson Epson UK has promoted Nick Taylor to Head of Sales for Office Printing, after his predecessor, Richard Wells, took on the role of Head of Market Development for Home and Office Printing at Epson Europe. Taylor, who joined Epson’s Office Print sales team in February 2020, working closely with the firm’s network of specialist MPS partners, will oversee the sales and marketing of Epson’s business inkjet portfolio in the UK and Ireland, with a mission to convert more businesses from laser to heat-free inkjet printing. .... Intel’s Criddle to join Lenovo After 24 years at the company, most recently as Vice President of EMEA Marketing and UK General Manager, Adrian Criddle is leaving Intel and joining Lenovo as General Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI). Criddle will be based at Lenovo’s office in Farnborough, Hampshire. .... New role for Joao Silva Joao Silva, previously VP EMEA Channel and Business Development at Pure Storage, has been appointed Vice President of EMEA and Latin America. In this wider role, he will oversee all aspects of sales, grow market share and help customers modernise their data and storage management infrastructure. Based in the UK, Silva has more than three decades of experience in the storage industry, at Pure Storage (for 11 years), Hewlett-Packard, 3PAR and Hitachi Data Systems. Two promotions and one consolidation at NG Bailey IT Services Following two consecutive years of revenue growth and a 42% rise in operating profit in the year to March 2023, the IT Services business of NG Bailey has made a number of changes to support continued growth, notably the unification of its Mobile Services and National Operations units into a single ConnectOp Service. Led by Operations Director Sam Young, this new business unit will handle all nondefence sector work. In addition, NG Bailey has promoted Indi Sall to the position of Business Development Director to grow the IT Services customer base and Dave Stonehouse to the position of Technical Director, with responsibility for keeping NG Bailey at the forefront of innovation in connectivity, data management and analysis. www.ngbailey.com/services/it-services .... Rupal Karia hired to lead Celonis in UK&I Process mining company Celonis has appointed Rupal Karia as VP & Leader for the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I), where its customers include BP, NHS, Ocado Group and Reckitt. Previously leader of Global and Strategic accounts at UiPath, Karia will work with customers and partners to identify opportunities to improve processes and accelerate digital transformation via the Celonis Process Intelligence platform, which uses industryleading process mining technology and AI to present companies with a living digital twin of their end-to-end processes. Nortal expands UK footprint Nortal, a strategic innovation and technology company specialising in building infrastructure for digitally advanced societies like Estonia, is continuing to expand in the UK with membership of the technology trade association techUK and the appointment of John Cheal as UK Government and Public Sector Director. In this role, Cheal will forge closer relationships with decision-makers in the public sector to help them leverage advanced digital solutions to improve the citizen experience, streamline operational delivery and accelerate policy deployment. www.nortal.com .... Voiceflex promotion for Ben Redknap Voiceflex, a carrier of voice, data and UC services, has promoted Ben Redknap to the position of Channel Account Director. Redknap was named Sales Manager of the Year at last year’s Channel Champions Awards. Voiceflex.com .... Malek Rahimi promoted to CEO Malek Rahimi, erstwhile BDR Group Managing Director, has been promoted to CEO, as part of a planned succession, after his predecessor Bahman Rahimi assumed the role of Chairman. Malek Rahimi joined BDR Group in 2010 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2021, since when he has helped Bahman Rahimi complete multiple mergers & acquisitions. Founded in 1991, BDR Group is a privately owned MSP headquartered in Stratford-upon-Avon with 200 staff operating across four business hubs. Ross Brewer joins Graylog Renowned cybersecurity expert Ross Brewer has been appointed Vice President and Managing Director EMEA at Graylog, a Hamburg-born Threat Detection & Incident Response solutions provider offering comprehensive SIEM, Centralised Log Management and API Security solutions with flexible deployment models across Graylog Cloud, private cloud and on-premises. Brewer, who has previously held leadership positions at SimSpace, AttackIQ, LogRhythm and LogLogic, said: “Graylog is uniquely positioned to serve the needs of EMEA organisations. There remains a strong appetite in key EMEA markets for both self-managed and cloudbased cybersecurity solutions. Graylog is the ideal strategic partner for organisations looking for cybersecurity experts to provide that unrivalled support.” Ross Brewer Sam Young Indi Sall Anthony Hampson SYNAXON Marcus Meloni Infinigate Group Nick Taylor Epson Adrian Criddle Lenovo Joao Silva Pure Storage
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