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Chief Executive Officer

Claranet's IT services help its customers do amazing things. Claranet's services simplify the management of IT services so that its customers can concentrate on what they do best. Claranet's customers gain access to a wide range of integrated hosting, networks and communications managed services, as well as support and expertise 24x7. While Claranet has grown internationally, the focus has always been on local service, out of local offices, using local data centres. The company's ambitious growth strategy has led to numerous acquisitions since 2014: Echiron (Portugal), Grita (France), NovaData (The Netherlands), Celingest (Spain), Flesk (Portugal), Techgate (UK), LinuxIT (UK), Morea (France), Runiso (France), Aspaway (France), INOK (Portugal) and Bashton (UK). It was recently recognised as a 'Leader' in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Europe (2015) for the third consecutive year.

Michel joined Claranet UK as Managing Director in July 2007. During his time at the company he has overseen Claranet’s evolution into one of the leading independent managed service providers in the UK. With over 15-years of experience in the IT services industry he is regularly invited to comment on industry news and to speak at IT events.In recent years Michel has overseen the acquisition and integration of five businesses, almost tripling the size of Claranet’s UK operation. With the company’s profile consolidated, Gartner placed Claranet as a leader in their 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Magic Quadrant for European Managed Hosting based on the company’s completeness of vision and ability to execute.In addition to leading the UK business, Michel is Group Chief Operating Officer, supporting group-wide initiatives and best practice sharing.Previously Michel was the European Solution Director at Dimension Data, a global IT services and solution provider, where he was responsible for Europe-wide business development and marketing.