Lawford leaves Avaya for pastures new

Jan Lawford follows Jeremy Butt and Andrew Shepperd out of comms vendor's exit doors

EMEA channel boss Jan Lawford has become the latest high-profile executive to leave comms vendor Avaya.

Lawford (pictured), who joined Avaya as senior director of EMEA channels from distributor Bell three years ago, is leaving to "pursue new opportunities", Avaya confirmed in a statement to ChannelWeb.

This comes hot on the heels of the departure of global channel boss Jeremy Butt – who now works for distributor Westcon Convergence – and UK boss Andrew Shepperd.

The vendor confirmed that its EMEA head of marketing, Claire Macland, will fill Lawford's shoes and lead a combined Channels and Marketing/Avaya Go To Market organisation across EMEA.

"Jan has been a valuable member of the Avaya channel organisation for the past three years," read the statement.

"She has played a pivotal role in driving Avaya's EMEA channel-centricity and helping shape our channel programme into the success it is today."