6. Marcus Hänsel, Unify

Mitel is in exclusive negotiations with Atos to acquire Unify, the UCC services businesses of the Atos group. In an announcement released this week, the company said Unify’s portfolio, partners and talent would significantly expand Mitel’s scale and offerings.

Mitel officials said the combined company would have the operational scale, portfolio, geographic reach, go-to-market resources and financial profile to modernize the UC experience for customers faster and more effectively than either company could do alone.

“Unify and Mitel both have a deep heritage in the communications market centered around customer needs and a channel-driven go-to-market strategy,” said Marcus Hänsel, chief executive officer of Unify at Atos. “Mitel’s commitment to UC, heritage of success and experience integrating complementary global businesses gives us great confidence in our future together.”

Discover here what two analysts had to say about the deal.