Our leadership team

Gerard Allison

SVP, EMEA

Gerard Allison is a highly experienced senior executive with a 30+ year track record of building successful teams in EMEA, working at vendors such as Juniper Networks and, most recently, Gigamon. He joined Exclusive Networks in 2020. With his extensive expertise and knowledge of the IT and security markets combined with his commercial astuteness, entrepreneurial vision, relationship building and management skills, Gerard brings a wealth of experience to the EMEA business.

Kris Van Den Bergh

Regional VP Northern Europe

Kris Van den Bergh began his Exclusive Networks tenure in 2010, heading up the Benelux business before assuming his leadership of the northern Europe region in 2018. Kris is vastly experienced in sales and business development, with an acute technology and market understanding drawing on his background as a product manager. He holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Antwerp.

Laurent Daudre Vignier

Regional VP Southern Europe

Laurent Daudré-Vignier is a true veteran of Exclusive Networks, having joined in 2007 as managing director of the newly formed Spain/Portugal business. In 2015 he took leadership of southern Europe region, before being deployed to set up Exclusive Networks operations in North America in 2018, and later returning to his previous position. A graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Laurent’s extensive experience began in 1986 and his previous roles include general manager and founder of Attachmate Spain and Allasso Spain.

Nathan Clements

Regional VP MEA

A former sales director at Exclusive Networks UK, where he played a pivotal role establishing the region as the company’s highest revenue earner, Nathan has nearly 20 years’ experience at the heart of the channel – both at leading distribution firms and vendors including Cabletron and F5. He was appointed to lead Exclusive’s Middle East region in 2016 having previously occupied the role of global director for vendor and strategic alliances.

Mariusz Kochański

GM CEE

Mariusz Kochański is a leading expert in central and eastern European distribution, having been at the helm of a highly successful regional VAD – Veracomp – for 30 years prior to its acquisition by Exclusive Networks at the end of 2020. Mariusz continues to lead this important growth market for Exclusive.