September 4, 2022

Expereo Nomeia Nova Diretora Jurídica e Vice-Presidente Sênior de Vendas Corporativas Como Parte da Estratégia de Investimento Contínuo

AMSTERDÃ, Sept. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Expereo, a principal provedora mundial de soluções de rede gerenciada, dá as boas-vindas a Sujata Kukreja, Diretora Jurídica e Scott Zarriello, SVP de Vendas Corporativas. Ambas as nomeações recentes fazem parte de uma estratégia de investimento global contínua para a maior adaptação das soluções e experiências a todas as regiões de acordo com a demanda do cliente, mantendo o mesmo serviço de excelência em todo o mundo.

“A trajetória de crescimento acentuado da Expereo foi impulsionada por um grande influxo de talentos. Tenho o prazer de anunciar a expansão da equipe de liderança com a adição de Sujata e Scott, que serão fundamentais para a criação contínua de soluções para o cliente em todo o mundo. Scott irá contribuir com sua experiência e talento para a nossa equipe dinâmica de liderança em vendas. Como novo Vice-Presidente Sênior de Vendas Corporativas, Américas, ele irá desenvolver ainda mais o potencial do mercado americano”, comentou Irwin Fouwels, Diretor Executivo da Expereo.

Sujata Kukreja pertenceu à Knauf, onde liderava operações na APAC, administrando a conformidade jurídica e ESG, governança e gerenciamento de riscos. Sua vasta experiência com fornecimento de soluções regulatórias práticas e inovadoras em nível global será fundamental para a expansão contínua da Expereo e para as operações comerciais internacionais.

“Me dedico a garantir que as empresas cresçam e se desenvolvam de maneira ética e sustentável. Estou contente em poder usar a minha experiência na nova função e fazer parte da história de sucesso contínuo da Expereo”, diz Sujata Kukreja, nova Diretora Jurídica da Expereo.

Scott Zarriello pertenceu à Vodafone, onde ocupou o cargo de VP de Vendas Globais e Operações nos EUA, liderando a equipe sênior de vendas estratégicas de serviços terceirizados gerenciados. Sua experiência de mais de 30 anos nos setores de Tecnologia e Telecomunicações será fundamental para o alinhamento da estratégia global de vendas da Expereo e adaptação das soluções e ofertas de serviços de acordo com as necessidades dos clientes regionais.

“Minha prioridade número um é entregar os resultados que nossos clientes precisam para crescer e prosperar. Estou muito contente em fazer parte da equipe da Expereo e de poder dar continuidade à ampliação da conectividade global da empresa com soluções inovadoras”, comentou Scott Zarriello, novo SVP de Vendas Corporativas da Expereo.

Sobre a Expereo
A Expereo é a principal provedora de soluções de rede gerenciada, inclusive de conectividade de Internet Global, SD-WAN/SASE e Internet Aprimorada. Com um extenso alcance global, a Expereo é a parceira de confiança de 30% das empresas Fortune 500. Ele capacita sites empresariais e governamentais em mais de 190 países, ajudando os clientes a melhorar a produtividade e capacitar suas redes e serviços em nuvem com a agilidade, flexibilidade e valor da Internet, com desempenho de rede ideal.

A Expereo foi adquirida em fevereiro de 2021 pela Vitruvian Partners. A empresa internacional de capital de expansão e de aquisição adquiriu a participação majoritária da Apax Partners SAS, empresa líder europeia em patrimônio privado.

Para mais informação, visite: www.expereo.com.

Emese Csikai
Executiva Sênior de Contas
emese@grammatikagency.com

September 4, 2022

Expereo nomme une nouvelle directrice juridique et un vice-président principal des ventes institutionnelles dans le cadre de la poursuite de sa stratégie d’investissement

AMSTERDAM, 04 sept. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Expereo, le premier fournisseur mondial de solutions de réseaux gérées, accueille Sujata Kukreja, directrice juridique, et Scott Zarriello, vice-président des ventes institutionnelles dans ses rangs. Ces deux dernières nominations s’inscrivent dans le cadre d’une stratégie d’investissement mondiale continue visant à adapter davantage les solutions et les expériences à toutes les régions en fonction de la demande des clients, tout en maintenant le même service de premier ordre à travers le monde.

« La trajectoire de forte croissance d’Expereo a été alimentée par un afflux important de talents. Je suis ravi d’annoncer l’expansion de l’équipe de direction avec la venue de Sujata et de Scott, qui joueront un rôle déterminant dans la création de solutions client transparentes à l’échelle mondiale. Scott apporte son expérience et son talent à notre équipe dynamique de direction des ventes. À son poste de nouveau vice-président principal des ventes institutionnelles, Amériques, il développera davantage le potentiel du marché américain », a commenté Irwin Fouwels, président-directeur général d’Expereo.

Sujata Kukreja rejoint Expereo après avoir quitté Knauf où elle dirigeait les opérations dans la région APAC, gérant la conformité juridique et ESG, la gouvernance et la gestion des risques. Sa vaste expérience dans la fourniture de solutions réglementaires pratiques et innovantes au niveau mondial sera essentielle pour l’expansion continue et les opérations commerciales internationales d’Expereo.

« Je suis passionnée par la croissance et le développement des entreprises de manière éthique et durable. Je suis ravie d’utiliser mon expertise dans ma nouvelle fonction et de faire partie de la réussite continue d’Expereo », a affirmé Sujata Kukreja, nouvelle directrice juridique d’Expereo.

Scott Zarriello rejoint Expereo après avoir quitté Vodafone, où il occupait le poste de vice-président des ventes mondiales et des opérations aux États-Unis, dirigeant l’équipe de vente stratégique principale pour l’externalisation et les services gérés. Son expérience de plus de 30 ans dans les secteurs de la technologie et des télécommunications contribuera à aligner la stratégie commerciale mondiale d’Expereo, tout en adaptant les solutions et les offres de services aux besoins des clients régionaux.

« Fournir les résultats dont nos clients ont besoin pour croître et prospérer est ma priorité numéro un. Je suis extrêmement ravi de rejoindre l’équipe d’Expereo et de continuer à développer l’expertise de l’entreprise en matière de connectivité à l’échelle mondiale avec des solutions innovantes », a commenté Scott Zarriello, nouveau vice-président des ventes institutionnelles chez Expereo.

À propos d’Expereo
Expereo est un fournisseur mondial de premier plan de solutions de réseaux gérées comprenant l’Internet mondial, la technologie SD-WAN/SASE et l’Internet amélioré. Avec une vaste portée mondiale, Expereo est le partenaire de confiance de 30 % des entreprises figurant dans le palmarès Fortune 500. La société alimente les sites des entreprises et des gouvernements dans plus de 190 pays, aidant les clients à améliorer la productivité et à donner à leurs réseaux et services cloud l’agilité, la flexibilité et la valeur d’Internet, avec des performances réseau optimales.

Expereo a été acquise par Vitruvian Partners en février 2021. La société internationale de capital de croissance et de rachat a acquis une participation majoritaire dans Expereo auprès du cabinet de capital-investissement européen de premier plan Apax Partners SAS.

Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez vous rendre sur le site : www.expereo.com.

Csikai Emese
Directrice de compte principale
emese@grammatikagency.com

September 4, 2022

One third of Gaza Strip population in need of psychological and social support

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported an increase in the levels of mental disorders amongst the population of the Gaza Strip, especially among children, many of whom were already in need of mental health services and psychosocial support.

Over three violent days in early August, until a ceasefire was reached on 7 August, Israeli Defence Forces launched some 147 air strikes against targets in Gaza while Palestinian militants unleashed around 1,100 rockets and mortars into Israel.

Briefing the Security Council on 8 August, Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, reported that 46 Palestinians had been killed and 360 injured, and 70 Israelis injured.

A heavy toll on children

17 Palestinian children were among those killed in Gaza in August, and the conflict is taking a heavy toll on all young people living in the Strip, said Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, in a statement welcoming the ceasefire.

“For many children, this was their fifth conflict in the past 15 years. Many are already living with the long-term psychological effects of constant exposure to violence” noted Ms. Khodr.

After visiting a family in Gaza whose house was severely damaged in the conflict, Lynne Hastings, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said that “the humanitarian situation in Gaza is already deteriorating, and this latest escalation will only make matters worse. We stand ready to work with all parties to ensure that humanitarian needs are met.”

Living ‘in a state of frustration and psychological deterioration’

Speaking at a workshop organized by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Dr. Yousef Shahin, head of UNRWA’s Disease Prevention and Control Program, said that the Agency’s mental health and psychological support program, to treat more than 87,000 cases, is one of the most important such programs in the Gaza Strip.

“We are now working on the process of surveying cases, and if it is found that psychological support is needed, a file is opened, followed up, and treatment is provided. Common symptoms include depression and epilepsy, and there are other cases related to chronic physical diseases, which are of psychological origin”.

65 per cent live below the poverty line

For his part, Dr. Sami Owaida of the Gaza Mental Health Program attributed the psychological challenges faced by the residents of the Gaza Strip to the Israeli occupation and blockade of the Strip, which has lasted for over 15 years. “More than 65 percent of the population of Gaza live below the poverty line, and more than 60 percent are unemployed.”

Dr. Owaida’s comments were echoed by Dr. Ghada Al Jadba, Head of the UNRWA Health Program, who said that people in Gaza live “in a state of frustration and psychological deterioration as a result of the deteriorating economic, social and political conditions”.

“The conflict in May 2021 [in which much of Gaza City was destroyed, and hundreds were killed or injured], led to a psychological shock, on top of dealing with electricity and water cuts, high rates of poverty, and unemployment – all factors that led to the deterioration of the already worsening health and psychological situation of the residents of Gaza”.

More than two million people live in the Gaza Strip: there is only one mental health hospital, with a capacity of fifty beds, to serve the five governorates in the Strip.

Source: UN News Service

September 4, 2022

UN Relief Chief Visits Somalia’s Drought Epicenter

United Nations Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has visited Somalia’s South West state, the epicenter of the country’s severe drought. That drought has already displaced more than 1 million people.

In his first visit to Somalia, the most drought-affected country in the Horn of Africa, U.N. relief chief Martin Griffiths said the country needs global support to curb the worst drought in 40 years.

In a news conference in Baidoa, the epicenter of the drought, after he met with South West state President Abdiasiis Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, Griffiths said it is “almost unimaginable” that Baidoa is sheltering 750,000 displaced people.

Somalia’s drought, which devastated 90% of the country, has already displaced more than 1 million people and 7.8 million others need humanitarian assistance.

The U.N. relief chief commended the local community in Baidoa for their efforts to help the displaced.

“One more point, we fear the worst may yet to come, we fear that we will see exponentially increasing need, we fear globally that Baidoa and this South West state is going to need the charity generosity and priority of the world because of the scale of suffering that we anticipate,” he said.

In a brief statement Griffiths posted on Twitter after the visit, he said that he saw babies too weak to cry, and mothers who are still children themselves.

“The silence of the international community is deafening,” he wrote.

For his part, South West state President Laftagareen welcomed the visit by the U.N. delegation.

He says they discussed the current issues such as the drought relief efforts and the way that drought-affected people can be supported. They also spoke of ways to provide emergency relief in South West state.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Somalia office said Saturday that food prices have spiked in the country and hunger is rising.

It said that for the first time since 2017 “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity have been confirmed, with 213,000 people in famine-like conditions.

UNICEF earlier told VOA that drought-related malnutrition has already killed 500 children in Somalia.

Somalia last year declared the three-year drought a national emergency.

According to the prime minister’s office, the drought has also killed more than 2 million livestock and affected 28% of the country’s total livestock population.

Source: Voice of America

September 4, 2022

Mali Releases 3 Ivorian Soldiers; 46 Others Still Detained

Three female Ivorian soldiers arrived home late Saturday after being detained for nearly two months in Mali, while 46 others remain jailed in a case that has heightened tensions between the West African neighbors.

Togolese Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Dusse, whose country has been mediating talks, said the three women were “released as a humanitarian gesture” by Mali’s leader, Col. Assimi Goita.

“We are sad because our friends are still there and we hope to be able to retrieve them very soon,” said one of the soldiers, Sita Bamba, who was released along with Awa Bakayoko and Kangah Badou Adele Bledou.

The Ivorian soldiers were sent to Mali in July to work for Sahelian Aviation Services, a private company contracted by the United Nations.

However, Mali’s government said it considered the Ivorians to be mercenaries because they were not directly employed by the U.N. mission and charged them with undermining state security. Malian authorities said the aviation company should “henceforth entrust its security to the Malian defense and security forces.”

In a statement, Malian Prosecutor Samba Sissoko gave no update about the 46 Ivorians who are still detained, other than to say that “investigations are ongoing.” The Togolese foreign affairs minister indicated discussions about the remaining detainees continue.

The detention of the Ivorian soldiers marked the latest sign of tension between Mali’s leader and the international community. Goita has faced growing isolation after he seized power in a coup two years ago and then failed to meet an international deadline for organizing new democratic elections.

In June, Malian authorities said they would not authorize the U.N. mission to investigate human rights violations in Mali, including the deaths of more than 300 civilians earlier this year. Human rights groups have accused the Malian army of carrying out the killings.

France, the one-time colonial power that had fought Islamic extremism for nine years in Mali, completed its troop withdrawal from the country last month.

Source: Voice of America