Google Cloud hires Dropbox’s former global channel boss

Dropbox’s former global head of channels has announced he has taken up a new role as Google Cloud’s UK & Ireland director of partners and channels.

Simon Aldous spent more than five years at Dropbox and told his Linkedin friends that he was “super excited” to be starting his next adventure and joining the Google Cloud team at Google.

“I look forward to working with the channel team, partners and our corporate sales team to best serve the needs of our customers and help drive evolution and transformation within their businesses.”

Aldous was involved in the merger of Dropbox’s direct and indirect sales team to act as one commercial organisation and was employed as Global Head of Channels for two-and-a-half years and before that, he was Dropbox’s Head of Channels – EMEA

Google Cloud has made several changes to its leadership team of late, appointing executives from other tech giants Microsoft, Salesforce, and SAP in September last year