Westcon-Comstor has appointed Tidiane Lo in the capacity of director of Westcon Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
The announcement follows a strategic realignment of the company\u2019s African business and will provide additional leadership to help the organisation realise its goal to be the premier value-added distributor on the continent.<\/p>\n
Lo formally filled the position from 1 April 2018 and will report into Rakesh Parbhoo, CEO of Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
He will have oversight of the Westcon business practices that extend its Mobility, Security, Software, Unified Communications and Collaboration portfolios as well as its strategic Cloud and Services capabilities.<\/p>\n
Lo joined Westcon in 2011 at its Dakar offices, where he held the position of Regional Sales Manager for French Africa including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.<\/p>\n
In 2015 he was promoted into the role of Sales Excellence Lead and Area Implementation Lead for Africa, based in both Dakar and Nairobi.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining Westcon he worked for the distribution company Tech\/Data Azlan (from 2005 \u2013 2011), where he had oversight of its sales operations in the French market, including the management of its strategic resellers.<\/p>\n
In his new role he will not only have oversight of the day-to-day sales, customer service, partner relationships and services operations, but will also lead the charge to unlock further potential for new and existing vendors within the Westcon solutions portfolio.<\/p>\n
This will include a particular emphasis on security, unified communications and collaboration as well as mobility, all of which he has identified as key growth areas on the continent.<\/p>\n