Paul Le Messurier Head of Programs and Ops for Western Europe, Kroll Ontrack

Kroll Ontrack Ltd. announced the appointment of Paul Le Messurier as its new head of programmes and operations, data storage technologies, for Western Europe.

 He will take on operational and performance responsibility for the provision of data recovery services to Kroll Ontrack’s customers, including strategic programmes and initiatives.

Based at Kroll Ontrack’s data recovery facilities in Epsom, UK, he will oversee the delivery of services by Kroll’s engineering team to businesses and consumers. He is responsible for managing the resources required to provide a complete data recovery service including a certified class 100/ISO 5 clean room and a team of highly-skilled engineers, all of whom have undertaken extensive training in data recovery methods and techniques.

He has a track record with over 17 years’ IT management experience including project management and service delivery. He joins Kroll Ontrack from his most recent role at Samsung SDS Europe, where he was head of business development for the EMEA region. Other roles within Samsung included head of IT services and support and senior IT manager. Key responsibilities included managing IT teams and delivering IT systems and enterprise applications to add value to businesses.

Phil Bridge, MD, Kroll Ontrack, commented: “The data recovery and erasure services that we provide from Epsom are of increasingly strategic importance to our customers, from large enterprises to individual customers. The volumes of data that we are all working with today and the need for greater transparency and disclosure mean that demand is also growing for those services. Paul’s experience in delivering high quality IT and technical services and projects makes him an ideal addition to our senior team in Europe.”

Le Messurier said: “I’m pleased to have joined Kroll Ontrack at such an exciting time in its development. The company has a fantastic reputation for delivering high quality data recovery and data deletion services and the calibre of its people is second to none.”

Paul holds professional l qualifications in service delivery and project management including ISO 20000, ITIL and PRINCE2. He has also completed an MBA.