Welcome to the CRN A-List 2020

We asked 144 channel execs to answer a range of questions, including their dream career as a child, their favourite and least favourite partner conference destinations, and their most-watched TV programme of the year

History could have been very different if the channel elite featured in this year's CRN A-List had had their way.

Conspiracy theories relating to the assassination of JFK and the first moon landing would not exist, the attendance at England's World Cup victory in 1966 would have been slightly higher, and seven people would be able to answer the ultimate questions: where did we come from?

There would also be a lot of politicians, and a few Love Islanders, with sore faces…

It is the purpose of the CRN A-List, sponsored by Agilitas, to unearth this valuable information, and once again we've teased it out of the channel's finest with 12 questions.

You can view the PDF by clicking here or the individual profiles by clicking here.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the channel's competitive nature, many of you grew up dreaming of being a professional sportsperson. But there were also 13 aspiring astronauts, five vets, two ballerinas and one wannabe Charlie's Angel.

But did you know that ANS chief executive Paul Shannon dreamed of being a music journalist? Or that SoftwareONE sales director Richard Best wanted to be a Jedi Knight?

This year's CRN A-List sees 144 leading channel execs quizzed on their favourite

partner conference destination, what they wanted to be when they were growing up, and the TV shows they've binged watched this year.

We also asked them to name the biggest challenge facing the channel, as we prepare to enter a year that will no doubt be swamped in political unrest.

Now entering its third decade, the CRN A-List gives the channel's biggest names the opportunity to show their playful side and, as always, everyone has answered our (slightly strange) questions in good humour.

We hope you enjoy reading their thoughtful, and often amusing, responses. A big thank-you - and congratulations - to everyone featured in this year's edition.