Appointments

Midwich has promoted Ellis Barnes and Bradley Bennett to heads of channel sales, a move designed to deepen specialist knowledge and enhance support for vendors and reseller partners across key market sectors. Ellis Barnes becomes head of channel sales – IT, while Bradley Bennett takes on the role of head …

Effective 1 July, HP has named Mark Davitt as its new UK&I Channel Director, succeeding Neil MacDonald, who has been appointed Vice President and General Manager for HP’s Commercial Channel business in the US. MacDonald’s move follows more than five years leading HP’s UK&I Channel organisation, during which he strengthened …

TD Synnex has named Amy Brady as sales director – major accounts, UK and Ireland, strengthening its focus on delivering enhanced partner experiences across the region. Brady has spent almost ten years at TD Synnex and was most recently Dell EMC business unit director for the UK and Ireland, a …

Westcon‑Comstor has named Olya Scekaturova as Vice President of Regional Sales for the UK and Ireland, strengthening its European sales organisation under a unified operating model. The distributor said the appointment will support accelerated growth in UKI, deepen partner and vendor engagement and drive consistent sales execution across its Westcon …

Mitel has named Simon Jones as Sales Director for its UK & Ireland Indirect Route to Market, strengthening the vendor’s channel‑focused strategy across the region. Based in London, Simon will lead Mitel’s Channel Sales organisation and Indirect Enterprise Customer teams, with a remit to accelerate partner growth and support customers …

Sharp Europe has named Paul Yokoyama as its new European president, tasking him with accelerating growth across the company’s document solutions, IT services and display businesses. The London‑headquartered technology provider – part of Sharp Corporation, which employs more than 39,000 people worldwide – supports public and private sector customers with …

KnowBe4 has named long‑serving engineering leader Alex Callihan as its new chief technology officer, strengthening the company’s focus on securing both AI agents and human users across the digital workforce. The announcement follows more than nine years of service from Callihan, who previously held the role of senior vice president …

Leaseweb has expanded its UK channel investment with a new three‑tier partner programme and the appointment of Jason Goody as UK Channel Sales Manager, strengthening its focus on MSPs, cloud providers and enterprise infrastructure partners. The programme is designed to support partners working with organisations reassessing workload placement across dedicated, …

HP has named Neil Sawyer as its new Senior Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA, taking responsibility for the company’s business and commercial operations across the region. Sawyer previously led HP’s Northern Europe business and brings extensive leadership experience across the company’s commercial, category, sales and channel organisations. He …

Cato Networks has appointed Tristan Elder as Vice President of EMEA Channel as the company accelerates the expansion of its partner ecosystem across the region. Elder, a well‑known channel leader, joins from ExtraHop Networks, where he headed the EMEA channel organisation. His earlier career includes a key role in CrowdStrike’s …