As chairman of the Comms365 board, Whitty (pictured) will leverage his well-built relationships to enable Comms365 to collaborate even deeper with channel organisations of all sizes.
Whitty began his career in the 1980s, when he was a member of The Royal Corps of Signals for nearly two decades. He then moved into the private sector as CTO of Pipex Communications.
Whitty has since held leadership roles at Kabel-X, GCI Com and Solar Communications. In recent years, he was the CEO of Air IT before being invited to become chairman of Gradwell Communications in July 2022.
John Whitty, chairman, Comms365, explained, “Our channel is full of remarkable technology and even more amazing people. Having previously worked with the Comms365 management team, I am extremely pleased to be invited to join them and help lead and connect the business to more of those same amazing people and technologies.
“The technical solutions delivered by Comms365 are critical to all businesses given their reliance on always on connectivity, which will, in turn, benefit the entire Channel ecosystem - from our vendor partners and direct customers to our reseller partners and their end-customers.”
Mike van Bunnens, managing director, Comms365, added, “We’re accelerating our growth and John’s experience in rapidly building technology businesses in such a fast-paced industry will be instrumental in helping us define, refine and execute the right strategy to achieve our goals.
“He’s already seamlessly integrated himself within the business, and we’re all excited to see how John can develop the business and ourselves, even further.”