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When Paul Eccleston received a call sounding him out for the UK and Ireland managing director’s position at Exclusive Networks, his thoughts first turned to what he could bring to the role. He had followed the Exclusive Networks story – a collection of local European operations being expanded into a global player that went public – but was keen to come in and make a difference rather than maintain the existing trajectory. “Sometimes you hesitate to join a very successful business because all you can do is maintain the success,” he said. “If you want someone to just run the business, then it’s not me. “The big, attractive and exciting thing for me was that it’s a great business globally ... specifically in the UK. We just finished a very strong year in 2022, and we’ve got so much more opportunity to grow and develop the business.” Eccleston came in last September with a CV rich in channel experience, which notably includes founding Nuvias in 2015 as well as spells at Computacenter, SCC and TechData. He joined Exclusive from ...