Climb signals EMEA ambitions with five appointments
Climb Channel Solutions, an international specialty technology distributor and wholly owned subsidiary of Climb Global Solutions, Inc., has announced five strategic appointments to spearhead its continued expansion across EMEA.
These include the promotion of Roberta McCrossan, previously Group Marketing Director for DataSolutions (acquired by Climb in October 2023) to the position of EMEA Marketing Director; the promotion of Brian Davis to VP Sales UK and Ireland after leading DataSolutions’ Cloud and Digital workspace division for the last 11 years; and the appointment of David Keating as Country Manager Ireland on top of his existing role of Group Security Sales Director for Climb.
In addition, Climb has taken on Kamel Kerbib as Country Manager France and Patrick Van Arendonk as Sales Director Benelux.
Hannah Birch appointed Group MD at Node4
Node4, a cloud-led digital transformation MSP, has introduced a new leadership structure, with Hannah Birch assuming the role of Group Managing Director. The move follows the successful integration of several businesses acquired by Node4 over the past three years, including risual, ThreeTwoFour, TNP and Tisski.
Node4 Founder, Andrew Gilbert, remains CEO; Paul Bryce becomes the company’s Chief Experience Officer (CXO); and Mark Skelton and Mairead O’Connor join the leadership team as Chief Technology and Strategy Director and Practice Operations Director respectively.
Birch, who joined Node4 in January 2023, said: “I am delighted to lead Node4 into this exciting new chapter as we bring together our comprehensive suite of IT services and solutions under a single banner. By integrating the capabilities from our recent acquisitions, we’ve assembled an industry-leading portfolio that enables us to support our customers across the full technology stack – from cloud infrastructure to modern digital transformation initiatives leveraging Microsoft’s latest solutions.”
First COO for Evolve
Evolve, a leading provider of managed network solutions and IT services, has made further changes to its leadership team, making Ryan Stephenson-Brown, previously Technical and Finance Director, its first ever Chief Operating Officer (COO). This follows the recent appointments of Lee Simpson as CFO and Stuart Milroy as Head of Technical Delivery, as Evolve continues to expand its technical capabilities to enhance service delivery for customers.
Stephenson-Brown founded his first managed network services business at the age of 15 (since incorporated into Evolve) and was also named ‘Best Northern Finance Director of a Limited Company up to £25m’ at the Northern Finance Director Awards in 2023. As COO, he will identify market trends, embrace cutting-edge technologies and cultivate key partnerships.
Jigsaw24 promotes David Dudman to MD
Nottingham-based IT solutions provider Jigsaw24 has promoted David Dudman, previously Chief Operating Officer, to Managing Director, with founders Roger Whittle and John Hughes transitioning to non-executive director roles. The move comes as Jigsaw24 strengthens
its focus on Apple-based solutions and pioneering technologies.
Dudman said: “Businesses are embracing Mac, iPad and iPhone like never before – thanks in part to their security, user experience and productivity benefits – and I’m excited to lead an organisation that has always championed that adoption with complementary technologies. We are on track to deliver £200m turnover this year, for the first time, and I have an incredible team around me to take the business even further. Working closely with our key partners Apple, Avid, Adobe, HP, Jamf, Microsoft and many more, we have exciting growth plans that we will be sharing in the coming months.”
Roger Whittle, who co-founded Jigsaw24 in 1992, said: “David will be a tremendous leader for Jigsaw24 and has been vital to its successes since joining back in 2019. We are all very excited about Jigsaw24’s competitive position and growth prospects for 2024/25 and beyond. Only recently, we surpassed £2 billion in cumulative sales, which is a huge achievement for a business that started out in a terraced house in Nottingham.”
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