THE Infinity groupfollowing another year of double-digit growth, it has appointed former Nuvias Group CEO Simon England as Chief Growth Officer to orchestrate the ongoing rapid development of the EMEA value-added distributor.
Rotkreuz, Switzerland, 01/06/2023 – THE Infinity groupthe value-added distributor of cyber security, secure networks and secure cloud, appointed Simon Englandformer CEO of Nuvias, as Chief Growth Officer, joining the Executive Management Team of Infinigate.
The role is focused on enabling and maintaining Infinigate’s above-market double-digit growth rate, which has fueled the company’s expansion over the past fifteen years.
Simon is ideally placed to lead this mission, having led Nuvias through a growth phase since 2019, then supported Infinigate’s acquisition of Nuvias in 2022, and most recently acting as an advisor to the Infinigate Group CEO. Simon has extensive experience in value-added distribution across Europe holding strategic leadership positions to scale multinational companies, building and aligning leadership teams, and driving growth and financial performance for leading organizations such as Ingram Micro, Westcon-Comstor and Tech Data Synnex.
In his new role, Simon will organise, focus and align resources, teams and processes across the Infinigate Group territory to ensure growth, not only for the business, but as implied by Infinigate’s core value proposition, for its channel partners and suppliers. Will work closely with regional managers to enable delivery of Infinigate’s « Spark your Growth » mission, assuming group-wide ownership across supplier strategy and portfolio development, cloud services, professional services, marketing and branding, retailer strategy and analytics.
“I am thrilled to be part of the next phase of development of this amazing company after being closely involved in the merger of the companies that are now part of the Infinigate Group. I know there is the potential to be a valuable growth agent for our partners by applying our deep expertise in Cybersecurity, Secure Networks and Secure Cloud which are priorities for businesses of all sizes,” comments Simon England.
Klaus Schlichtherle, CEO of Infinigate Group says: “Growth is at the heart of our strategy. It is our ultimate goal, our promise to everyone who works with us. Our suppliers, partners and investors. Growth has been our consistent trend, outperforming industry averages, averaging 25% growth, and we expect to sustain that trend. This is why I am delighted to entrust this key part of the Infinigate strategy to Simon, who has an excellent track record of driving impact and delivering results and the experience and ability to lead us into the next phase of expansion.”
For more information on the Infinigate group, please visit: https://www.infinigate.com/
About the infinite group:
The Infinigate Group is a value-added distributor, fully committed to sustainable, cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. Founded in 1996 in Switzerland, it has grown to encompass the entire EMEA region, with offices in 30 countries and partners in more than 50. Our more than 1,200 dedicated employees, half of whom have deep technical skills, are passionate about best-in-class security world-class computing, secure networking, and secure cloud for the SMB and enterprise market segments to protect on-premises and cloud-based IT infrastructure. The Infinigate Group relies on strong national organizations, which adapt to the needs of their respective partners, MSSPs and suppliers, providing technical, marketing, sales and professional services. For more information visit www.infinigate.com/
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