Quartermaine assembles Azzurri A-team

New boss of VAR handpicks senior management team

Top table: Azzurri claims it has strengthened its senior management team

New Azzurri chief executive Mark Quartermaine has wasted no time bringing in fresh blood at the managed communications specialist.

A month after Quartermaine joined Azzurri from BT Global Services, the VAR has announced a senior management reshuffle with former Vodafone and C&W executives among those to join its ranks.

This includes John Cruickshank, who joins as director of the newly formed combined Specialist Solutions and Major Bids team. He has previously served stints at Equant, C&W and Hughes International.

Meanwhile, former Vodafone executive Craig Wellman has joined in the position of business development director. Existing Azzurri staff have also been reshuffled with Martin Flick becoming director of Mobility and Converged Solutions, and Jonathan Arnold leading Azzurri’s Account Management team.

Additionally, Azzurri has brought its Products and Services Group and its Operations team together under Steve Clark who takes on the new role of director of operations.

Quartermaine said: “Azzurri is an exciting place to be right now. We have a unique managed service capability that I believe offers us significant market opportunity.

“There’s already a lot going right at Azzurri and we have recently delivered a number of large and innovative projects for our customers, but we can do more. That’s why I’ve strengthened the senior management team to best position us for growth.”