Exclusive Networks COO Barrie Desmond has announced he is quitting the outfit and will hand over his duties to Andy Travers.
Desmond will leave the €1.75 billion revenue VAD at the end of December after a seven-years at the Paris-based firm.
Travers is a former Fortinet and RSA executive Travers, who will have a different job title of SVP worldwide sales and marketing.
Desmond said he had done his bit and he was tired. It was time for the company to have a new voice and he is pleased Andy is the guy succeeding him.
“I’ve known him 20 years, and he’s had experience at every level of the channel”, he said.
Desmond joined Paris-based Exclusive via its 2011 acquisition of VADition, and since then Exclusive has built out a global footprint, most recently expanding into the US. Exclusive has set itself a new €10bn revenue goal under new private equity backer Permira.
Desmond said he had a lot of fun but spent a lot of energy doing it. Now the platform is set for the next chapter of this story.
“I’m going to see how my life is and in January onwards do a bit of skiing and make some decisions then. Nothing is decided from my perspective.”
