About
Mr. Jens Peter Montanana serves as Executive Chairman at Corero Network Security, Inc. since August 6, 2010. He founded Datatec Limited, the parent company of Westcon Group Inc., in February 1986 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 1994. Mr. Montanana served as the Chief Executive Officer of Logicalis Group Limited from October 2002 to March 1, 2007. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Montanana served as the Managing Director and Vice-President of US Robotics (UK) operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Robotics, now 3Com. In 1993, he co-founded US start up Xedia Corp. in Boston, MA, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corp. He has been an Executive Chairman at Westcon Group, Inc. since September 18, 2017. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Corero Network Security plc since August 09, 2010 until February 15, 2023 and serves as its Executive Chairman since February 15, 2023. He serves as the Chairman Logicalis Group Limited until 2020. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Logicalis, Inc. He has been a Non-executive Director of Corero Network Security plc since August 09, 2010. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of African Legend Indigo (Pty) Ltd. He has been an Executive Director at Datatec Limited since October 6, 1994 and is its principal architect. He serves as a Director of ActiveSymbols, Inc., Analysys Consulting Limited, Analysys Limited, Analysys Mason Group Limited, Analysys Research Limited, Catalyst IT Partners Limited, Computec Resources, Inc., Comstor Belgium NV, Comstor Group Limited, Comstor Limited, Comstor Malaysia SDN. BHD, Comstor Pte Limited, Comstor Sweden AB, Datatec International Holdings Limited, Datatec International Limited, Equire Inc., Eyealike, Inc., Hawke Systems Limited, Intact Integrated Services Limited, LAN Systems (Pty) Limited, LAN Systems Ltd., Logicalis Computing Solutions Limited, Logicalis Deutschland GmbH, Logicalis Group Services Limited, Logicalis Leasing, Limited, Logicalis Network Solutions Limited, Logicalis Networks GmbH, Logicalis US Holdings, Inc., Logicalis, Inc., Promon Logicalis Latin America Limited, Mason Communications (Ireland) Limited, Mason Communications Limited, Mason Group Limited, On Line Distribution Limited, RangeGate (Proprietary) Limited, Satelcom Limited, Soft Net S.A. (Argentina),Softnet, Inc. S.A., Softnet Uruguay S.A, Softnet-Logical Comercial Importadora, Exportadora e de Servicos Ltda, Softnet-Logical Paraguay S.A, T.B.C Group Limited, TBC Limited, Westcon (UK) Limited, Westcon AME (Proprietary) Limited, Westcon Brazil Ltda, Westcon Canada Systems (WCSI), Inc., Westcon France SAS, Westcon GmbH, Westcon Group B.V., Westcon Group European Holdings Limited, Westcon Group European Operations Limited, Westcon Group North America Inc. and X-Net Cuyo S.A. He served as a Director of Vida Research International Limited. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Brait SA. Mr. Montanana served as a Director at Westcon SA (Pty) Ltd. He served as Chairman of the Board of Westcon Group, Inc. since September 3, 2013 and has been its a Director since August 1998. He served as the Chairman of the Board at Logicalis Group Limited since March 1, 2007 until March 2014. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Datatec Ltd. from December 1994 to November 2001. He served as a Director of Versatile Systems Inc. (formerly Versatile Mobile Systems Canada Inc.) from January 1997 to November 8, 2008. Mr. Montanana graduated with a Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
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Working history
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
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| Datatec Limited | Board | Member | 06/10/1994 | |
| Datatec Limited | Executive | Member | 06/10/1994 |