Annie Gay.
To support the company's rapid growth in Europe, Sophos, a world
leader in IT security and control, has today announced that
Annie
Gay has been promoted to vice president EMEA to lead the firm's
business operations in the region.
Annie, who has been with the company since 2000, will also
oversee the firm's sales and service operations throughout EMEA
which includes the UK, France Germany, Italy and Spain and extends
through to Russia, CIS countries and India.
Annie will relocate to Sophos's headquarters just outside
Oxford, UK, where the new EMEA operation is to be headed.
"Since she joined Sophos, Annie has proven herself to be a
leader who thoroughly understands our international markets and
will help us expand our business throughout the EMEA region," said
Steve
Munford, CEO of Sophos. "Our growth over the past few years has
been remarkable and I know that Annie has all it takes to further
the momentum that we are developing in the EMEA markets and lead
the strategy to build upon 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 and has served as Managing Director of Sophos Sarl since
October 2000 before being named VP of Continental Europe, the
Middle East and Africa last March.
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.