SLOUGH, England, September 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Logicalis Group, the international IT solutions and managed services provider, today announced the appointment of Arnaud Spirlet as its Head of Europe. Spirlet will begin his new role on the 2nd October and will report to Logicalis Group President and COO, Mark Rogers.

Spirlet will have responsibility for the European Logicalis P&L, as well as for delivering ambitious growth plans for the region. With a portfolio that includes the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and the Channel Islands, Spirlet will work closely with Logicalis' country managers, to shape the go to market strategy and drive collaboration between the operations in Europe to secure more pan European customers.

Spirlet has over 15 years' experience in general management and sales in the industry, having previously worked for Unify (formerly Siemens) for 12 years, where he held several leadership roles; he was most recently the Senior VP, Head of Alliances West Europe.

Commenting on the appointment, Mark Rogers said, "I am delighted that Arnaud is joining Logicalis Group. His impressive pan European leadership experience within technology will play a key part in driving accelerated growth in the region."

Arnaud Spirlet added, "I am very excited about joining Logicalis Group. It is a company with an exciting future and I am delighted to have the opportunity to bring its European operating countries to the next level."

ABOUT LOGICALIS 

Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre and cloud services; and managed services.

Logicalis employs nearly 3,700 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of almost 6,000 corporate and public sector customers.  To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of $1.6 billion, from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $5 billion.

For more information, visit http://www.logicalis.com

SOURCE Logicalis Group