The second Channel Middle East ‘Channel Champions Awards’ recognised and rewarded the achievements of sales and marketing teams, individuals and initiatives across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
The awards have been designed to highlight innovative thinking, best practices, and how vendors, distributors, resellers and retailers can work effectively to generate growth in the MENA’s information technology channel.
The event was held alongside a cocktail and canapes reception at JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, and attracted over 200 IT leaders from the Middle East. Forty one awards were presented and they recognised individuals, partner programmes, account management teams, sales and marketing managers. Below are the winners:
Vendors
Best Partner Programme – Huawei
Best Partner Portal – Malware Bytes
Best Partner Event – Huawei
Best Security Partner Programme – Pulse Secure
Best Vendor Account Management Team – Sophos
Best Marketing Campaign – Avaya
Best Vendor Technical Support Team – TP-Link Middle East
Best Vendor Rebate Programme – D-Link Middle East & Africa
Channel Manager of the Year – Hemayun Bazaz, HPE
Regional Director of the Year – Chris Green, Maleware Bytes
Marketing Director of the Year – Haidi Nossair, Dell EMC
Retail Marketing Manager of the Year – Mohammed Iqbal, Dell Middle East
Sales Manager of the Year – Charbel Zreiby, Dell EMC
Distributors
Best Rebate & Incentive Programme – Starlink
Best Distributor Account Management Team – Stor IT Distribution
Best Partner Support Team – Redington Gulf
Best Sales Support Team – Logicom Middle East
Best Distributor Marketing Team – Arrow ECS
Best Security Distributor of the year – Scope Middle East
Best Value Added Distributor – Al Jammaz Distribution
Best Partner Support Team – Oxygen Middle East
Best Social Media Activity – Arrow ECS
Best Marketing Campaign – Ingram Micro’s Aptec
Account Manager of the Year – Ibrahim Alaeddine, Exclusive Networks
Sales Manager of the Year – Rajashshekhar Galuja, FDC International
Marketing Manager of the Year – Rania AlKhatib, Mindware
Systems Integrators
Best New Business Win – Help AG
Channel Champions
Rangarajan Kalyanasundaram, du
Maya Zakhour, Fortinet
Sunil Paul, Finesse
Abdul Rehman Tariq, Pulse Secure
Eyad Al Shami, Citrix
Hesham El Komy, Epicor
Sandra Mehchi, Dell EMC
Lena Halbourian, Citrix
Marwa Moussa, HPE
Kinda Baydoun, HPE
Nada Haddad, Vision Solutions
Tim Chen, QNAP
Sonali Basu, Bulwark
Reji Mathews, OKI
