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Two senior cloud and managed services executives join ControlCircle

UK managed services company boosts growth momentum with two industry leadership appointments

ControlCircle, a leading UK managed services provider, is adding two senior appointments to its board, to support and drive its expansion into the cloud sector.

Colin Tenwick is joining the ControlCircle Board of Directors as Chairman. Colin brings his extensive experience to the team as they continue to execute their strategy to be the dominant player in the managed and cloud services market.

Colin will share his depth of knowledge in scaling fast growing technology companies from successful tenures at leading companies such as AVG, StepStone ASA, Red Hat, Sybase and Ingres.

Marion Stewart is joining as Director of Operations and completes the capabilities and experience in the senior management team. Marion brings direct relevant Managed Services experience from her senior management roles at both Savvis and Star. She has an extensive career in engineering, IT support, operations management and commercial account management.

Throughout her career, Marion has been instrumental in driving focus on the customer experience along with process and automation enhancements resulting in greater levels of customer satisfaction and organisational performance.

"We are delighted to have Marion and Colin join us at such a significant stage in our growth and development. Colin's knowledge of taking organisations through stages of maturity, growth and achieving market leadership will be invaluable," said Carmen Carey, CEO. "Marion will be focused on all elements of customer experience including delivery, support and service, and I am confident she will successfully drive all of the operational priorities for the business."

"ControlCircle has all the skills and potential to own a market that requires technical innovation and reliability combined with personal service to serve CIOs who are looking to scale with confidence," said Colin Tenwick. "My experience of internet-based businesses developing growth strategies, combined with ControlCircle's unique value proposition and success to date, forms the basis of a truly exciting time ahead."

ControlCircle is a £20m+ company, with clients in financial and professional services, insurance, e-retail, recruitment and Internet-based businesses.

This news follows the appointment of sales director Matthew Parker, previously sales director at Claranet, and experience of working with UK brands Vanco and Energis.

For further details of, or to apply for, the job opportunities at ControlCircle, please visit the website.

NOTES TO EDITORS

About ControlCircle
ControlCircle is a leading provider of managed and cloud-based services to enterprises and online businesses. It makes sure that its customers' business-critical applications are always available, performing, and evolving based on each customer's business dynamics. With ControlCircle managing the critical IT infrastructure and applications, customers can focus on growing their businesses.

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