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| Annie Gay. |
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses,
spyware and spam, has today announced the appointment of Annie Gay to
the role of VP of Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa
with immediate effect.
"Since Annie became Managing Director of Sophos Sarl, she has
provided strong leadership to the French team, taking them from
strength to strength in the French market and driving up the
profitability of the French subsidiary. In the past few years we
have also gained a firm foothold in the Spanish market under her
leadership," said Steve
Munford, CEO of Sophos. "I am confident that Annie will
continue the momentum that we are developing in markets around the
world, and ensure that we have a co-ordinated strategy that allows
us to build on our successes to date."
Before joining the company, Annie was General Manager for
Olivetti Computers Worldwide in France, where she built the channel
business and developed sales with key account customers. Prior to
joining Olivetti, she was General Manager France for Information
Builders, and held senior international positions in general
management, finance and operations within Texas Instruments.
Annie, who holds an MBA from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de
Paris, will continue to be based in Sophos's offices in Paris, and
has served as Managing Director of Sophos Sarl since October
2000.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.