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APPOINTMENTS

ICT industry veteran Bosch Rexroth Botswana
Johann Coetzee joins appoints new general
NEC XON manager

Johann Coetzee has joined NEC XON, Riaan Loots has been appointed general
taking over from Eugene le Roux as manager of Bosch Rexroth Botswana.
Executive VP of the organisation. As a key He brings a wealth of experience across
leader, Coetzee will support NEC XON’s a wide range of industry applications
aggressive growth strategy throughout throughout Africa to his new position. He
sub-Saharan Africa and activities to began his career at Denel before moving
broaden its market sector penetration. to CSIR Defencetek. He then put his design skills to good use at
He will assume responsibility for sales engagement and Busaf Bauer, before researching the agglomeration of coal fines.
solutions across NEC XON’s regional head offices in East, West and Riaan then managed Larox/Outotec in Zambia and Ghana, and
South Africa. Le Roux joins NEC XON’s global partner, NEC, taking thereafter Sulzer Pumps in Zambia. He worked for Multotec before
up a position with NEC America (NECAM) in the US. He currently joining Bosch Rexroth in South Africa.
remains in South Africa, transferring knowledge and progressively
integrating into the US team. Once he relocates to the US, he will
continue to work closely with NEC XON in his role heading up
international operations for automated recognition systems (ARS) Nutanix announces
at NECAM as part of the team developing NEC’s global digital organisational changes to its
identity capabilities. EMEA leadership team
NEC XON is the combination of XON, a systems integrator
providing custom ICT and security services and solutions in Sammy Zoghlami will resume his role
Southern Africa since 1996, and NEC Africa, the African business as senior vice president of sales for the
of the global technology giant NEC Corporation. NEC Corporation EMEA region. In his role he will continue
implemented its first communication solution in Africa in 1963 to lead sales and customer support,
and established NEC Africa in 2011 to grow its business ICT and strategic business development and
public safety. strategy, management of Nutanix’s
offices and operational teams in each EMEA country, as well as the
company’s partnerships, alliances and channel activities.
SAP Africa appoints Andrew Brinded will transition to the
Tracy Bolton as COO role of worldwide sales chief operating
officer, a role previously held by Dave
SAP Africa has appointed Tracy Bolton Gwyn before his move to SVP of Global
as its new chief operating officer for the Customer Success and Inside Sales. In
Africa region. Prior to joining SAP, Bolton this role, Andrew will be responsible
was a member of council at Women in for advancing Nutanix’s strategic
IT, an advisory board member for Africa agenda, driving the implementation
at the CMO Council and held several of its major initiatives and overseeing
positions at Microsoft South Africa. administrative and operational
She has held several leadership positions at SAP over the past activities in support of organisational
nine years and will be squarely focused on customers’ success priorities. As a veteran technology executive, he is well versed
and on ensuring that SAP delivers business value while helping in the complexities of global sales, go-to-market strategies and
industries digitally transform. In addition, she will work to remove customer satisfaction. He has a proven track record of developing
complexity from engagements with customers, while ensuring innovative business strategies, maximising growth and identifying
that the correct resources are engaging at the right time to help and cultivating leaders.
customers get the most value from their digital and business
transformation efforts. The organisational changes also encompass the promotion of
two key leaders in Nutanix’s sales operations organisation. Jake
Hofwegen, who had served as VP, Worldwide Sales Operations is
now SVP, Worldwide Sales Operations. Jake joined Nutanix in July
2020 and has played a critical role in leading the revamping of its
sales operations function and designing its subscription strategy. He
will continue to take a more strategic leadership role to support the
expansion of Nutanix’s ACV model and renewal’s business.
In addition, Davud Hasan, who recently held the title of senior
director, Worldwide Deal Support and Order Management, has
been promoted to vice president of Worldwide Deal Support and
Order Management. Davud leads a global team responsible for deal
desk, order management and the bid desk. His extensive knowledge
of deal negotiations and global leadership will play a key role in
Nutanix’s ongoing success.

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