Withington brings more than 25 years experience of software and solution sales in high growth environments to the role. Most recently, Gary was Executive Vice President UK and Ireland at Misco for two-and-a-half years, prior to which he spent 14 years at Dell in a variety of senior and international roles, including SMB Sales Director for Dell UK.
Martin Boyce, Director of Sales UK and Ireland at Tech Data, says that Withington’s appointment shows our firm commitment to focusing on the needs of the customer. “Gary brings with him a vast amount of experience in both leading large internal sales teams, as well as large field sales organisations. He has held senior leadership roles both in vendor and reseller organisations and I am looking forward to working with him as we continue to drive deeper and wider customer relationships.”
Gary Withington said: “I am a strong believer in leading from the front to drive positive customer interaction, creating long-term value-based relationships and drawing the best from individuals and teams. Tech Data has a tremendous management and sales team and we’ll be putting a strong and unwavering focus on making sure we always put the customer first. The year ahead will present us with opportunities to both grow our people and our market share and I’m excited to be part of that.”