< PreviousSecuring More Power From Within Secure Power Ltd has promoted three key individuals. Recognising the commitment, dedication and talent of its team, this is the company’s latest wave of internal promotions. Secure Power has placed great emphasis in recent months on bolstering its service and engineering force, which comes after significant project and UPS maintenance contract wins. To support this growth, Nick Morley has been named the company’s new Service Director. Morley has been with the business for nearly 10 years and has an enviable depth of knowledge of power protection strategies and UPS technology. Known for his solutions-based approach, Morley is a hands-on problem solver. His ‘can-do’ attitude is infectious amongst his peers and he will remain an essential part of the company’s mentoring programme. Morley will also build on the success of the service department and continue its growth by developing and expanding the team both internally and externally. In addition to assuming a greater leadership and management role, Morley will be a key commercial decision-maker and has attainable ambitions to double Secure Power’s maintenance business in the next three years. The company’s service and maintenance division has been further strengthened by Alicia Hewitt’s promotion to Service Manager. This move gives Hewitt the opportunity to focus on improving the overall efficiency of the department, whilst also giving her scope to implement new business strategies. Hewitt’s organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail will prove essential in managing the service team and the daily operations for the department. Morley commented: “Secure Power is experiencing rapid growth and has secured an unprecedented number of new maintenance and service contracts this year. This has led to a number of new appointments and the internal promotions of Alicia and myself. We have brought on several new UPS trained engineers and most recently have expanded the service maintenance team to welcome Ashlee Doughty and Sheila Fisher into the first of a number of new business development and contract retention roles." n Netskope Names Raphaël Bousquet EMEA & LATAM Senior Vice President Netskope has announced the appointment of security and networking industry veteran Raphaël Bousquet as Senior Vice President, EMEA and LATAM. Bousquet will manage sales and field teams across several of Netskope’s fastest-growing regions, contributing to the company’s ambitious global growth efforts, and supporting massive customer demand for Netskope’s Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture. A highly regarded sales leader, Bousquet has led top- performing, cross-functional teams for decades. He brings to Netskope deep knowledge of security and networking technologies, the channel partner ecosystem, cloud, SaaS and Zero Trust solutions and go-to-market strategy for companies experiencing rapid growth. “Netskope serves many of the largest and most impactful organisations in the world, including over 30 of the Fortune 100, with the most complete SASE solution in the industry,” said Dave Peranich, President, Go-to-Market, Netskope. “We are very excited to bring an exceptional sales leader of Raphaël’s widely- acknowledged calibre to drive this next phase of growth in EMEA and LATAM.” Bousquet was most recently Vice President, EMEA South, Israel & Alps at Palo Alto Networks, where he successfully grew revenues and teams by more than 600% over a five-year period. For 15 years prior, Bousquet held multiple management roles at Cisco, including in the United States and Europe. “I have observed how quickly Netskope has established itself as a leader both in vision and execution and heard first-hand from customers and top analysts alike that the combination of timing, solution, and culture is unmatched among other security and networking companies going after the massive SASE opportunity,” said Bousquet. “The demand for the Netskope Security Cloud as part of a proper SASE architecture is at an all-time high in EMEA and LATAM. I am very excited to be joining Netskope on this next stage of the growth journey.” n North has announced the appointment of Coreen Bone to the position of Chief People Officer (CPO). Complementing the company’s bold growth strategy, the hire will see Bone join North’s executive leadership team, reporting directly to CEO Glen Williams. The hire follows the recent investment from Livingbridge and the acquisition of Data Techniques. Bone brings more than 20 years’ experience working across a variety of sectors, including in executive roles at Xerox Business Services, where she delivered strategic and operational people solutions at a global level to support large-scale growth and the successful integration of acquired businesses. More recently she was CPO at Allvotec, where she supported and guided employees throughout the pandemic. North provides intelligent integrated technology services to public and private sector clients across the UK and is backed by Livingbridge, an independent private equity firm with offices across the UK, US and Australia. As part of her new position, Bone will play an integral part of the senior leadership team to implement North's vision and support the company’s ambitious growth plans which are focused on driving regional expansion and strengthening service lines such as IoT and 5G within critical and complex environments. Bone will help to shape and drive North’s people strategy, operations, culture, learning and development and talent acquisition. Commenting on her appointment, Bone said: “North has already seen incredible growth over the last year. The team rightly takes pride in the business’s strong reputation, with exceptionally experienced talent across its service lines. “Following the latest acquisition, it’s the ideal time to be joining the business. I am looking forward to working across the organisation and contributing to the transformation of North into an unrivalled end-to-end service and solutions provider with world-class talent and a culture which supports their employees and enables them to reach their potential.” n North Strengthens Leadership Team MOVERS AND SHAKERS www.networkseuropemagazine.com 70NETWORKS EUROPE reaches a readership of 26,000 network infrastructure professionals throughout Europe, landing on the desks of Data Centre Managers, Facilities Managers, CIOs, CTOs, ICT Directors, Consultants, Network Managers, Integrators and many others in the Data Centre industry. NETWORKS EUROPE features editorial contribution from worldwide industry figureheads, ensuring that it's the world's best publication for information on all aspects of this constantly evolving industry. 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