COMMS NEWS - MOVERS & SHAKERS
POLLOCK BRINGS LIGHTFOOT INTO CEO
ROLE TO LEAD CHESS INTO THE 20’S
CHESS HAS APPOINTED Mark
Lightfoot (pictured) as Chief
Executive Offi cer to succeed
David Pollock, who moves to
Executive Chairman. Mark has
been with Chess for 11 years as
Financial Director and most
recently as Chief Financial
Offi cer.
The appointment comes
alongside a move for Stephen
Dracup from Managing Director
to Chief Growth Offi cer.
Executive Chairman, David
Pollock commented: “The Board
of Directors are delighted to
announce Mark as Chief
Executive Offi cer. Mark has
consistently been an example
to us all on the merits of hard
work and attention to
detail.
For the last 8 years,
Stephen has played a
signifi cant role as
Managing Director in the
transition of Chess from
a traditional telco
business to a renowned
IT services provider and
is pivotal in making
Chess ‘a great place to
work’. As Chief Growth
Offi cer he will focus on
driving growth through
product strategy and
acquisitions. We wish
them both every
success.”
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Chief Executive Offi cer, Mark
Lightfoot commented: “I’m
delighted to be the new Chief
Executive Offi cer at such an
exciting time for Chess. My
focus will be on leading our
exceptional team through the
new decade, growing the
business through performance
and our unique culture, whilst
building on our position as a
perennial Sunday Times Best
Company to Work For.”
Set to complement the team
at the top is Oliver Lofthouse
joining as Partner Sales Director
from Vodafone, bringing a
wealth of expertise, drive and
energy to deliver results.
COHESITY APPOINTS LIPSIN AS
VP OF GLOBAL CHANNEL SALES
COHESITY HAS APPOINTED Bill Lipsin as vice president of global
channel sales. In this role, Lipsin will accelerate the company’s rapidly
growing channel partner ecosystem. Lipsin will be responsible for the
company’s go-to-market strategy, channel programs, enablement,
and distribution channels. Cohesity offerings are sold exclusively
through channel partners.
Lipsin brings more than 25 years of enterprise channel, sales, and
marketing expertise to Cohesity. He was most recently a senior
partner at The Spur Group, a consulting fi rm helping companies
optimise channels, end-user sales, and business operations to rapidly
increase revenues. Prior to joining The Spur Group, Lipsin was vice
president of worldwide channels at NetApp.
“Cohesity is rewriting the book on data management, making it
easier than ever for organisations to back up and extract value from
their data on-prem and in the cloud, while lowering their operational
costs through dramatic performance advantages and much simpler
administration,” said Lipsin. “I’m thrilled to be coming on board to help
accelerate the incredible momentum Cohesity has achieved through
their channel ecosystem and their laser focus on customer value.”
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