Comparex drafts in Gannon to lead York hub relaunch

Ex-SBL sales and marketing boss Claire Gannon to lead public sector team in the city

Comparex has enlisted former SBL woman Claire Gannon to spearhead a new public sector growth campaign from its soon-to-be-relaunched York hub.

Gannon - who until last October was SBL's sales and marketing director - started work at Comparex at the start of the month as its new business unit manager for the public sector. The reseller confirmed the move after Gannon announced it on her LinkedIn page.

In late 2011, Comparex cut the ribbon on a York branch, but the office closed in the summer last year. The firm is planning to open a new outpost in the city "shortly", where Gannon will be based.

She will be joined by a new team which will mainly focus on the public sector, a market Comparex said was of increasing importance to it following its inclusion on the provisional list of winners for the government's new Technology Products mega-framework.

"We recently won Lot 2 (Software and Services) of the new Public Framework agreement so we are heavily investing in our public sector team," it said. "We will be opening a new office in York to accommodate the staff.

"This is a great opportunity for us as we already have fantastic success in this arena in Germany and the Netherlands."