Gorringe joins Vohkus board

Former BT EngageIT boss Nick Gorringe resurfaces in non-executive director role

Gorringe: I am very excited at working with Vohkus

Mid-market reseller Vohkus is planning ambitious growth plans after appointing former BT EngageIT boss Nick Gorringe as a non-executive director today.

Gorringe stepped down from BT Engage IT last year. Originally Gorringe had joined Basilica in 1993 as a pre-sales consultant and rose through the ranks to become managing director in 2001, seeing the company through an MBO and eventually the sale to BT in 2007.

In a statement Gorringe said: "I am very excited about working with the team at Vohkus. I see a lot of the 'old' Basilica in the business and my experience in building that business to a £90m+ turnover organisation and subsequently developing it into a £200m enterprise will allow me to leverage upon the lessons learnt and assist Vohkus in achieving its own ambitions."

Ritchie Sharma, chief executive of Vohkus, said: "As the former leader of a highly respected company in our industry Nick is undoubtedly one of life's winners and clearly has all the attributes to become an excellent addition to the team. We hope to capture a large slice of his time to help successfully guide our business forward towards its goals."