PEOPLE 01732 759725 42 leading partner ecosystem, Veeam is uniquely positioned to lead, helping customers keep data secure, governed, compliant and recoverable so they can accelerate safe AI at scale and deliver measurable outcomes.” www.veeam.com … Kevin Hanes appointed CEO at Quorum Cyber Quorum Cyber, a Microsoft-first cyber security services provider, has recruited industry veteran Kevin Hanes as CEO to power its next stage of growth and international expansion. Hanes has over 25 years of executive experience in the cyber security industry and a proven track record of scaling highperformance teams. He has led Reveal Security and Cybrary as CEO and served as COO of Secureworks for eight years, building the firm’s EMEA presence and operations in Romania from scratch. He was also an Executive Director at Dell Technologies. With customers across the UK, North America and beyond, Quorum Cyber is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security, a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), and the 2025 Microsoft Security MSSP of the Year. It recently featured in the inaugural The Sunday Times Scotland Fast 50 list of Scotland’s fastest-growing businesses. www.quorumcyber.com … New EMEA Channel Director for One Identity One Identity, a leader in unified identity governance, has named Marianne Van Der Pluym as its new EMEA Channel and Alliances Director. Van Der Pluym joins One Identity from Cryptomathic, where she was Global Head of Partnerships. Prior to that, she served as VP of Global MSSP/MSP Strategy and Sales at OpenText Cybersecurity and held international channel and alliances leadership roles at Micro Focus, NetIQ and IBM. Van Der Pluym has also served as a Women4Cyber mentor. Ian Sutherland, Chief Revenue Officer at One Identity, said: “Partners play an increasingly important role in helping organisations adopt and manage modern identity security solutions, and strong channel leadership is essential to supporting that success. Marianne has a clear view about where partners are heading: away from resale towards managed services and outcomebased engagement and into depth around specific domains like identity. That direction is where we are taking our partner program.” Van Der Pluym added: “Across EMEA, the partners growing fastest are the ones who have picked a lane. My focus is making sure we deliver a partner program and engagement that supports the partners who are going deep on delivering identity security outcomes.” www.oneidentity.com …IPCortex promotes Simon Whatley to challenge ‘UCaaS‑first’ thinking IPCortex has promoted Simon Whatley from Head of Channel Sales to General Manager, with a focus on strengthening the company’s PBX and hosted portfolio and enhancing partner support. Part of the Aerial Direct Group, IPCortex provides a flexible PBX platform that can be deployed on-premises, hosted or virtually, enabling partners to tailor solutions to different customer needs while maintaining control of service delivery. Whatley says the company gives customers a reliable and cost-predictable alternative to a subscription-based UCaaS model. “The market has clearly been pushed towards a UCaaS-first mindset, but that doesn’t reflect how many businesses operate. For businesses running hundreds or thousands of endpoints, subscription models quickly become expensive and unnecessarily complex. Many just need reliable, scalable voice that works. IP-Cortex gives partners a way to deliver exactly that, without forcing customers into a subscription model that simply does not fit.” …IN BRIEF Midwich Group has appointed Kevin Quinn as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate. Kevin will join the Board on 1 August 2026 when he will also succeed Andrew Herbert as Non-Executive Chair of the Group. Quinn has significant experience in strategic transformation, financial leadership, governance and controls, M&A and corporate development. He was CFO of Berendsen plc for over 12 years until 2017 and before that was Chairman of Marlowe plc, Audit Committee Chair of Benchmark Holdings plc and Chairman of the Business Services Association. Earlier in his career, Quinn held senior finance roles at Amersham plc and was an audit partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. …TD SYNNEX has appointed Amy Brady as Sales Director – Major Accounts, UK and Ireland. Brady has more than 22 years’ experience working in IT distribution including almost 10 years at TD SYNNEX, where for the last four years she has served as Dell EMC Business Unit Director, UK and Ireland. …Virgin Media Business has welcomed Nicola Yates as Channel Sales & Development Manager within its Fixed Wholesale team. She joins the business with more than 25 years’ experience in technology sales, partner development and commercial leadership, most recently serving as Head of Indirect Channel at Kyocera Document Solutions. … Digital infrastructure company Cornerstone, which operates a portfolio of more than 16,500 sites supporting mobile connectivity across the country, has appointed Michael Woods as General Counsel. Leading a team of thirteen professionals, Woods will manage all legal matters affecting the business and provide counsel and strategic support to the senior leadership team and the board. …Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), a global provider of AI-ready, hyperscale and large enterprise data centres, has recruited David Burton as Chief Information Officer with responsibility for leading the company’s global technology and security teams, shaping the organisation’s technology vision and delivering secure and scalable digital platforms. He joins from Global Switch Data Centres, where he served as Group Director of Information. New Intercity CTO hired to accelerate technology strategy Birmingham-based MSP Intercity, which also has offices in Bedford, Bolton and Nuneaton, has recruited one of the UK’s leading Microsoft Cloud and cyber security experts to shape its technology strategy as it looks to almost double revenue from £55 million to £100m by 2030. New Chief Technology Officer James Pearse has more than 20 years’ experience in high profile roles at Atech Cloud, Open Systems and Microsoft, and has also worked on large-scale cloud transformation programmes for the United Nations. Pearse said: “Customers are trying to simplify their technology estates, strengthen security, modernise how people work, control cost and understand what AI really means for their business. This creates a huge opportunity for a partner like Intercity. We have all the ingredients to become much more than a supplier. My aim is that we become a strategic technology partner to customers who want practical advice, strong delivery and someone who can help them make better decisions.” Last year, Intercity marked its 40th anniversary with a £1.8m investment in a new AI-powered ecosystem and the launch of a technical training and cyber awareness Academy to support future expansion. www.intercity.technology James Pearse ...continued Kevin Hanes Quorum Cyber Marianne Van Der Pluym One Identity Simon Whatley IPCortex Amy Brady TD SYNNEX Nicola Yates Virgin Media Business
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