Meet Channel Futures’ 2023 Channel Influencers, EMEA

In February, Channel Futures unveiled its prestigious list of nearly 50 Channel Influencers. These vendor executives, partners, analysts and sales consultants represent the cream of the crop in the channel. They are passionate about their work both within their businesses and advocating for the channel at large. And they all shared one thing in common — they hail from North America.

So it’s time to turn our attention to 2023 Channel Influencers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA). Our list of Channel Influencers deserved to expand into this part of the world. Many of the leaders our edit team selected for this list share traits associated with our Influencers from North America. First and foremost, they believe in the huge role the channel plays in the tech industry. Furthermore, they all made headlines in 2022 and we expect they will continue to do so the remainder of this year.

For instance, take Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, vice president, Cisco EMEA global partner organization. Based in Belgium, working with partners has helped her grow both personally and professionally.

“We are in the age of the partner,” De Dobbeleer told Channel Futures.

Then there’s Greg Jones, vice president of business development, EMEA, Datto, a Kaseya company. He sees himself as a challenger of the status quo.

“In tech, we really can’t slow down because the market and the industry are moving so fast,” Jones told us. “You need to keep ahead of the curve.”

Humility is a common theme among our Influencers. Most point to their team or someone who blazed a trail to set them up for success.

See our slideshow above to learn about the 14 people Channel Futures has identified as our 2023 Channel Influencers, EMEA. We’re putting the most important list of channel leaders in the industry on an international stage.