Appointment of Christophe Burckart, New MBU EMEA Senior Vice-President

2010-06-22

Christophe Burckart has been appointed as MBU EMEA Senior Vice-President of Sperian Protection, a global leader in personal protective equipment. He succeeds Marc Beaufils in this position.

Prior to his appointment, Christophe Burckart served as the Director of Professional Services for Dell EMEA, and oversaw all facilities management and consulting sales. He led very ambitious organic growth plans by segmenting marketing strategies according to customer needs and also by strengthening the teams necessary to support these plans.

Now 41 years of age, Christophe Burckart has held several strategic positions at Dell EMEA, notably the positions of Sales Director for Strategic Accounts in Europe and Marketing Director for Southern Europe. 

Before joining Dell, Christophe worked for Hewlett Packard in the United States overseeing the company’s marketing business for the large-sized companies sector. He was also the head of business development at Compaq Computer Corporation. He developed and launched new business endeavours combining products and global services that are the number one competitive advantage in the eyes of customers and vendors.

“Christophe brings very diverse experiences to the table in terms of commercial management, key account management and end customer focus. His knowledge and understanding of diverse distribution networks will help us greatly speed up our growth plans in the EMEA zone”. - Brice de La Morandière, Managing Director of Sperian Protection.