GEC NEWS WIREOwen will be running the EMEA operations function and supporting the continued drive to improve efficiency and deliver results
Symantec announced Huw Owen as Vice President of sales and marketing operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Owen will be running the EMEA operations function and supporting the continued drive to improve efficiency and deliver results. He brings to the role strong leadership skills, deep industry expertise and more than 12 years of sales, marketing and operational experience with global companies in the technology and services industry.
“The EMEA region is a key area of focus for Symantec, contributing significantly to the global company revenues. I look forward to leveraging my industry experience, combined with my background having previously worked at Symantec, to execute our multi-year strategy, implement our critical go-to-market changes and continue the progress on our successful transformation,” said Owen. “I am excited to be back at Symantec as I see the opportunity is huge.”
“I am very excited to have attracted another great leader back to our team to be part of the organization’s new journey,” said Matthew Ellard, Senior Vice President EMEA, Symantec Corp. “Huw is a great fit for the team, and we look forward to utilising his knowledge and understanding of the sales and marketing sector in our business to help meet our goals. Huw also has an exceptional amount of knowledge in the channel sector which will be of tremendous value to us going forwards.”
Before joining Symantec, Owen was Vice President and GM EMEA at Good Technology, where he scaled the Good Channel Business exponentially, as well as taking the company into new territories including the Nordics, Benelux and the Middle East. He developed his channel experience when he orchestrated an aggressive growth strategy for Good Technology as Vice President Channel Sales EMEA.
