APPOINTMENTS Appointments New Chair appointed at expanding telecoms


group JT JT Group has today announced that one of the UK’s leading technologists, Phil Male, has succeeded John Stares as its Chair. After graduating from Imperial College, Mr Male was a founding director of digital


publishing pioneer Computer Newspaper Services and went on to work for The Press Association helping to launch Teletext and many other electronic media brands. He became involved in the start-up of Demon Internet, one of the world’s first commercial Internet Services Providers, ultimately becoming its Technical Director and finally merging it with Scottish Telecom. In 1999 Mr Male was one of the three founding directors that floated the combined business on the London Stock Exchange as THUS Plc.


Phil Male.


When THUS was acquired by Cable&Wireless Worldwide, he was appointed Group Operations Director and then Chief Strategy Officer, managing the separation and subsequent flotation of Worldwide. Mr Male left Cable&Wireless in 2010 to become Chief Executive Officer of UK2 Group, a global provider of Internet hosting services.


IGEL appoints Andrew Gee as VP Sales for


Northern Europe IGEL,a world leader in endpoint management software for the secure enterprise, have announced the appointment of Andrew Gee as VP Sales for Northern Europe, responsible for managing the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Holland and all Nordic countries. His focus is wide ranging involving driving sales and meeting growth targets for the


Andrew Gee.


region, driving engagement with enterprise customers, development and management of IGEL’s distributors and channel partners, creating consistent marketing programs, along with enhancing relationships with key virtualization and Desktop as a Service [DaaS] partners such as Amazon Web Services, Citrix, Google, Microsoft and VMware. With over 20 years experience in the IT industry particularly with thin client and desktop VDI solutions, Andrew Gee joins IGEL from Teradici – the PC over IP protocol technology vendor – where he was Director for EMEA. Prior to this, he was European Business Development Director at Samsung – a consultancy role where he worked on defining their cloud strategy. Andrew Gee has also held senior management positions at Wyse Technology where he was VP for UK, driving the sales organization through to point of acquisition by Dell.


Getronics appoints Rogier Bronsgeest as new


COO Looking to become the preferred partner in business transformation and reach $1 billion in turnover with double digit profitability by 2020, Getronics has appointed Rogier Bronsgeest as new Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Service & Delivery. After 30 years of working for some of the biggest names in technology, Bronsgeest


Rogier Bronsgeest.


has the international experience and practical know-how needed to drive Getronics forward on its ‘Path towards a New Tomorrow’. Having initially begun his career at Unisys, Bronsgeest can boast of vast international experience with the likes of Baan and IBM, as well as with Getronics. His latest functions included President Global Customer Services at British Telecom, delivering services in over 170 countries and contributing to the company becoming a market leader, as well as Chief Customer Experience Officer at Colt Technology Services, guiding the com- pany in its digital transformation, increasing online usage and achieving a record NPS (Net Promotor Score) in the B2B telecom domain. With his track record and expertise in change management, business strategy and IT services, he is the right man to help the ‘new’ Getronics fulfil its goals and ambitions, with a focus on enabling happy end users.


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