Effective immediately, Whitty succeeds Mark Howling, who previously served as chairman for the Bath-based cloud communications provider.
Whitty is former CEO of Air IT and Solar Communications, and brings experience in helping businesses to grow exponentially, both organically and by acquisition. Gradwell said that this will be ‘vital’ in supporting its next phase of development.
Commenting on his appointment, Whitty said: “Having admired the business for many years, I’m very pleased to join the Gradwell team.
“Gradwell has an excellent reputation and heritage in the managed UCaaS space, having offered IP based solutions since inception which makes their offerings extremely relevant to both the direct and partner channel.
“The business is now ready to take advantage of the recent investments in systems, people and sales capability, and I look forward to expediting this growth.”
In his new role, Whitty will help to expand Gradwell’s channel footprint through further development of its channel offering following the launch of the Alliance Programme to the channel earlier this year.
Jamie Ward, Gradwell CEO said: “Gradwell has just entered the next exciting phase of our growth plan, and welcoming John to the Board provides us with a good opportunity to maximise our activities in both our channel and inorganic M&A activities.”