Mitel has consolidated its European sales organisation under a single management structure headed up by Graham Bevington who becomes Executive Vice President of EMEA. In his previous role as EVP for Mitel's International operations Bevington expanded the vendor's market presence in key countries including the UK and the Netherlands.
With the completion of Mitel's merger with Aastra earlier this year, in his new and expanded role Bevington will be focused on further strengthening Mitel's market positions in other major markets in EMEA.
"EMEA is home to some of the largest established and emerging economies in the world, as well as the majority of Mitel's existing 60 million end-user customers, giving us a real and immediate opportunity to expand our leadership position across the region," said Rich McBee, Mitel's President and Chief Executive Officer.
"Graham is an exceptional business and sales leader, with demonstrated ability to build world-class sales and support teams, and a fundamental understanding of our customers' needs and our market dynamics at the ground level."
Bevington added: "Mitel is on the move, and nowhere is that clearer than in EMEA where our ability to address technical requirements on a country-by-country basis, coupled with our path to the cloud and entrenched customer base, gives Mitel a great competitive advantage.
"With the seasoned bench strength of our newly expanded sales and support organisations we now have the team, talent, technology and range to serve any customer need anywhere across the region."