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Orange Business Services appoints Mark Kenealy as UK and Ireland Country Manager

Orange Business Services today announced the appointment of Mark Kenealy as UK and Ireland Country Manager. Mark brings over 20 years of IT experience to Orange Business Services along with a wealth of business management, leadership and strategic sales skills, previously working for companies such as Computacenter, Getronics and most recently EMC.

Based at Orange Business Services´ Slough office in the UK, Mark will focus on growing the UK and Ireland business with a particular focus on multinational customers. He will report to Helmut Reisinger, Senior Vice President Europe at Orange Business Services and will also be a member of the European Management team.

Helmut Reisinger at Orange Business Services said: "We are delighted Mark is joining us and believe his leadership, customer-focus and business expertise will be a great benefit to the customers of Orange Business Services and will help us achieve our strategic business goals."

Mark started his IT career at Computacenter as a salesman and was jointly responsible for establishing the company´s first vertical sector (Government) which grew from a £50m business to a £350m business in just three years. After becoming Managing Director of Computacenter´s South of Germany operation, Mark moved back to the UK as MD of Gentronics (where he landed the company´s largest ever contract, £200m) and then moved to EMC where he doubled the firms´ Consultancy and Professional Services Division in two years.

Mark adds: "I am looking forward to my role as UK and Ireland Country Manager at Orange Business Services. I want to use my consultative services background to strategically drive the business further into these rapidly expanding markets and continue to maintain Orange Business Services´ reputation as the leader in integrated communications."

Mark Kenealy takes over the UK and Ireland Country Manager duties from Andrew McFadzen who now heads Global Marketing - Network Solutions, for Orange Business Services