Mitel's Graham Bevington has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Vice-President and Chief Sales Officer responsible for the vendor's worldwide sales operations.
He will work to coordinate and leverage opportunities across regions through global strategic accounts, and establish a global network of distribution partners to drive Mitel's market presence.
In addition, with a strategic vision to expand Mitel's historic strength in vertical markets, Bevington will introduce and implement a series of global vertical market sales programmes. He will also play a lead role in assessing and evaluating potential M&A opportunities for the company.
An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Bevington has held a series of senior sales management positions at Mitel for more than 15 years.
Under his leadership, Mitel has successfully entered and expanded its market presence in regions around the world. Prior to his current position, Bevington led Mitel's Europe, Middle East and Africa sales organisation.
"In a converging and consolidating marketplace, capitalising on competitive opportunities quickly and successfully is key to growth," said Rich McBee, President and CEO Mitel. "Graham is uniquely prepared to provide the industry insight, competitive knowledge, and strategic sales know-how to capitalise on evolving customer opportunities and to drive Mitel's sales programme to the next level."
Bevington added: "We have entered an extraordinary period in the enterprise market where technology advancement, upgrade opportunities and competitive disruption are unleashing customers and enabling them to think differently about their technology needs.
"Customers are determining the winners and losers in our industry, bid by bid, and on a daily basis. With one of the broadest portfolios in the industry, Mitel is situated to capitalise in this climate."