London, UK – Logicalis Group, (‘Logicalis’ or ‘the Company’), the international IT solutions and managed services provider, today announced that the Company’s chief executive officer (CEO), Ian Cook, will retire as CEO at the end of the financial year. A comprehensive search process to identify the next CEO is underway and a leading global executive recruiting firm has been retained to assist in the process. Ian will assume the role of Chairman of Logicalis Group, taking over from current Chairman Jens Montanana. Ian will continue to focus on his executive duties during the transition period to ensure a smooth handover.
Under Ian’s leadership since March 2007, Logicalis has become an international business and a respected partner of the major technology vendors and has more than doubled its revenues to over £1billion ($1.5 billion).
Jens Montanana, Datatec CEO commented: “Ian has done an outstanding job inleading the organisation and has transformed the business model,creating a significant international brand providing similar solutions and services in over 20 countries. The Companyand its stakeholders are grateful for his considerable contribution to the organisationand wewelcome Ian’s continued involvement as Chairman of Logicalis and are confident that it is well positioned for continued success.”
Ian joined Logicalis in 2003, initially as CEO European Operations, before his appointment as Group CEO in early 2007. Prior to that, he worked at Siemens Network Systems Ltd (SNSL) for ten years, where he held the position of Group Managing Director European Operations.
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