INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Westcon-Comstor promotes Callum McGregor to joint role of COO and CFO
Westcon-Comstor , a global technology provider and specialist distributor , announced the promotion of Callum McGregor to the position of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer as the company targets continued growth . Originally from South Africa and now based in the New York area in the US , Callum joined Westcon-Comstor in 2015 and became CFO in 2021 , a position he retains following his promotion .
Callum ’ s new , expanded role of COO and CFO sees him assume leadership for IT , supply chain operations and ESG globally , in addition to his existing responsibilities for finance , legal and data and analytics .
Westcon-Comstor connects the world ’ s IT vendors with a channel of technology resellers , systems integrators and service providers . The company ’ s FY24 financial results , published last month , show an 8 % year-on-year increase in net revenue to a record $ 3.69bn , its sixth consecutive year of revenue growth .
Adjusted EBITDA increased 26 % to $ 120.2m , with gross profit up 23 % to $ 403m as the company accelerates its shift to a software , services and subscription-based recurring revenue model .
“ It is a privilege to take on this expanded remit at such an exciting and pivotal moment in the Westcon-Comstor story ,” said Callum . “ As a value-added , data-driven distributor , we occupy a unique position at the heart of the technology ecosystem . I am committed to driving continued growth by helping us and our partners capitalise on opportunities across our key technology domains of
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cybersecurity , networking and cloud ; while building on the solid foundations we already have in place across our IT , supply chain operations and ESG functions .”
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Sophos announces Joe Levy as CEO , appoints Jim Dildine as CFO
Sophos , a global provider of innovative security solutions , announced that Joe Levy is now Chief Executive Officer of the company . To drive a critical role in the execution of his strategy to shape the future of Sophos , Levy has named Jim Dildine Sophos ’ new Chief Financial Officer , and a member of his senior management team .
Levy is a nearly 30-year veteran of innovating and cybersecurity product development , services and companies . During his nineyear tenure at Sophos , Levy drove the transformation of Sophos from a product-only vendor into the global cybersecurity giant it is today , including an incident response team and managed detection and response , MDR service that defends more than 21,000 organisations worldwide .
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Levy also created SophosAI and Sophos X-Ops , an operational threat intelligence unit that joins together more than 500 crossdepartmental cybersecurity operators and threat intelligence experts . Sophos X-Ops shares real-time and historical attack data with all of Sophos ’ solutions , making them smarter and faster at defending customers from persistent cyberattacks .
Levy has in-depth experience working with the channel , including managed security providers , MSPs , throughout his career , which he started in the mid-1990s as a cybersecurity practitioner and product and service innovator at a value-added reseller .
Levy ’ s leadership strategy includes adding Dildine as CFO to help Sophos reach its business goals and propel the company on its future growth trajectory . He brings exceptional operational expertise to Sophos , as well as a strong background in channel partner-based cybersecurity business .
Dildine joins Sophos most recently from cybersecurity software and services company , Imperva , where he was CFO for more than four years . Before Imperva , Dildine was CFO for Symantec ’ s $ 2.5 billion enterprise security business unit for three years . Dildine also previously held key financial leadership roles for nearly nine years at Blue Coat Systems , where Levy served as chief technology officer .
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