01732 759725 16 BULLETIN : PEOPLE Spicers UK eyes turnover boost Wholesale business supplies specialist Spicers has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Business Development Director Adrian Reid. The strategic hire is the latest chapter in the firm’s bid to achieve 70% turnover growth in 2023, by helping dealers to thrive and be more profitable Reid joins Spicers – which provides dealers across the UK and Ireland with office products and workplace supplies – from his previous position as Sales Director at Nectere. Under his new remit, he will develop a pipeline of new business opportunities for the Ashton-underLyne headquartered brand – expansion which is expected to lead to further appointments in the future. Commenting on his move, Reid said: “Spicers has been through a significant period of transition in order to ensure it’s a fit-for-thefuture organisation – and one which is ideallyplaced to become the industry’s wholesaler of choice. “I want to leverage my knowledge of and relationships with dealers to help Spicers’ new and existing customers to thrive and be more profitable – by empowering them to trade more easily, and more efficiently.” www.spicers.co.uk STX Next hires new CEO STX Next has announced the appointment of Ronald Binkofski as its new Chief Executive Officer. Binkofski joins STX Next with almost 30 years of experience working in managerial positions at tech companies across Europe. Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I’m delighted to be joining STX Next as its new CEO. It is a company that I have long held in high esteem for its work across Europe and the rest of the world, and its ambitious plans for the future. I look forward to supporting the team fully in the next stages of STX Next’s development.” www.stxnext.com SaaS entrepreneur to head TelcoSwitch TelcoSwitch has appointed Matt Mansell as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mansell takes over from former CEO Russell Lux, who founded the company in 2015 and oversaw growth of the challenger brand into a key player in the UK channel market, resulting in a majority private equity investment funded by Queen’s Park Equity in 2022. “TelcoSwitch has been disruptive in the UK channel market with a much-loved product and commercial model”, he said. “I’m excited to take over the CEO seat as we combine the strength of our fantastic partners with such a unique, innovative and powerful platform.” www.telcoswitch.com Former Rubrik and ServiceNow executive joins Cohesity James Blake has joined Cohesity as Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in EMEA. Blake will play a key role in consulting on how organisations can bring the worlds of data security and management together and build an optimal cyber resilience and recovery strategy orchestrated by a single data management platform. Before joining Cohesity, Blake was the CISO at Rubrik. Prior to Rubrik, he was the Advisory Chief Information Security Officer for ServiceNow. In both positions he engaged with C-level at FTSE 100 and FORTUNE 100 organisations, helping build and deliver strategies and concepts about improving effectiveness and efficiency of cyber resilience in today’s operating environment. www.cohesity.com Internal promotion Key Digital has announced the internal promotion of John Egan as Sales Team Leader. Egan has been with the company since 2019, initially heading up production and commercial print sales having previously run his own print business for over a decade. He has since transitioned into business processing services and digitisation, establishing new agreements with vendors to develop the channel. Egan has been tasked with growing the sales team and increasing revenues in BPO, print and digitisation channels. www.key-digital.co.uk New CFO for Exclusive Networks Exclusive Networks has named Nathalie Bühnemann as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Pierre Boccon-Liaudet who stepped down to pursue new opportunities outside of Exclusive Networks. She becomes a member of the executive committee and will directly report to Chief Executive Officer Jesper Trolle. Trolle said: “I am thrilled that Nathalie is joining the executive team of Exclusive Networks. In addition to her tremendous energy and experience in senior finance roles, she brings a deep understanding of Exclusive Networks’ model, strategy and culture from her time as a board member and chair of the audit committee since our listing in 2021.” www.exclusive-networks.com Matt Mansell Nathalie Bühnemann Ronald Binkofski John Egan James Blake
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