As Senior Vice President, Sales for EMEA Gerard Allison to lead and help accelerate Sophos growth efforts in EMEA, one of the largest regions for the company.
Sophos has appointed Gerard Allison as Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Allison has more than 30 years of industry experience and is known for his entrepreneurial style and vision, increasing revenue, developing sales programs, training and enablement, building customer and partner engagement, and much more.
“Gerard has a deep understanding of the distribution and reseller channel, as well as extensive knowledge of successfully establishing new routes to market. With this impressive track record, Gerard will be a valuable and important Sophos sales leader overseeing EMEA, particularly as we head into 2023 with our new Sophos Managed Detection and Response service,” said Michael Valentine, Chief Revenue Officer, Sophos.
“Sophos is an industry leader, pioneering the way with a new type of MDR service that every organization can benefit from, so I am thrilled to be joining Sophos at this time and leading the company’s impressive sales team in EMEA. I am also looking forward to working closely with our extensive partner network in the region to develop new revenue streams and ensure customers have the proper security needed to defend against today’s persistent attackers,” said Allison.
“Sophos’ line up of products, services and threat intelligence capabilities, coupled with Gerard’s career expertise in cybersecurity and technology, will ensure our EMEA partners provide customers and prospects with the most advanced security solutions available,” further added Valentine.
