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Six Degrees names new COO

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Six Degrees has appointed Chris Blofield to the role of chief operating officer (COO).

Blofield (pictured) joined the Six Degrees team on 3rd January 2023 and brings over 20 years of operational, commercial, and transformational experience to the business.

He joins most recently from Clario, a provider of clinical trial endpoint services, where he served as global vice president of client success.

Prior to that, Blofield worked at Rackspace in a number of senior roles, including interim COO and VP of customer success and operations for EMEA.

Blofield said, “In this post-pandemic world, Six Degrees’ catalogue of secure, cloud-led technologies has never been more relevant. Six Degrees advocates the importance of digital transformation for businesses to survive and thrive; as we look set to remain in unprecedented times, this is just as vital for us, too. 

“I’m excited to be picking up the mantle and sharing with our first-rate portfolio of customers, along with the wider market, what their own great leap forward could look like.”

Simon Crawley-Trice, CEO, Six Degrees, added, “With the economic forecast predicting a challenging few years’ ahead, I felt it was essential that Six Degrees took every opportunity to best support our customers today – and tomorrow.

“With Chris working with our customers to solve their practical business challenges, I am more confident than ever that Six Degrees is the right partner to take every business through these challenging times.”