Integralis Appoints Simon Church as UK Managing Director
Theale, Reading – 6th August, 2009 – Integralis, leading IT security service provider, today announced the appointment of Simon Church as managing director of Integralis UK. Church joins from VeriSign where he was Vice President of VeriSign Security Services with global responsibility, and will be taking up his position at Integralis’ Theale offices with immediate effect.
“Simon’s arrival is extremely timely,” commented Georg Magg, CEO of Integralis. “With his extensive experience in Managed Security Services and successes worldwide and EMEA in particular, combined with our partnership with NTT, we couldn’t ask for a better person to lead the UK team into this new era.”
“I’m thrilled to be joining Integralis at such a challenging and exciting time,” added Simon Church, Managing Director of Integralis UK. “I am joining a team who have delivered phenomenal results over recent years and feel that they are uniquely positioned to capitalise on the growth in the Managed Security Services market; I’m really looking forward to working with them and guiding the UK through this next phase.”
Simon Church joins from a three year tenure at VeriSign where most recently he was Vice President, with global responsibility for VeriSign Enterprise Security Services, including Managed Security Services, Security Consulting and Threat Intelligence. Simon joined VeriSign from NetIQ where he was Vice President and General Manager, EMEA NetIQ. Prior to NetIQ Simon launched and successfully grew the EMEA subsidiary of Mission Critical Software before its acquisition by NetIQ in 2000. He was part of the management team that positioned the firm through successful primary and secondary IPOs in 1999. Simon has over 21 years experience in the IT industry, and has a BSc in Computing and Operational Research from Leeds Metropolitan University.
About Integralis AG
Integralis AG (listed in the Prime Standard of the German stock exchange, ticker symbol AAGN, ISIN DE0005155030) is the leading focused Global Security Services Provider. Integralis manages security responsibilities for small and mid-size companies, government bodies and large corporations allowing customers to concentrate on their core business.
Integralis advises customers on their IT Security strategy delivering consultancy, audits, risk management, comprehensive 24/7 support and implementation of the most appropriate technology from leading vendors. Integralis also implements a wide range of Managed Security Services throughout their technology infrastructures on its customer’s behalf.
Its growing corporate and government customers are supported by over 425 employees worldwide and an expanding network of 20 regional centres across Europe and the United States. Integralis UK is an ISO/IEC 27001 certified organisation.
Information on Integralis is available at www.integralis.co.uk