Taleo names Chris Phillips as Marketing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa

Taleo, the provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced the appointment of Chris Phillips as marketing director, EMEA. In this role, Mr. Phillips is responsible for product marketing, product management and marketing communications throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, reporting to Taleo Group Vice President of EMEA, Neil Hudspith.

A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Mr. Phillips brings more than 17 years of marketing leadership experience in the IT industry, having worked in several senior marketing director roles throughout European and worldwide markets.

With his impressive track record, Chris brings a tremendous depth and breadth of marketing capability to Taleoís business in EMEA,î stated Hudspith. ìChrisí experience in cultivating marketing programs for other world-class software companies will be an asset as we build our global brand and marketing team and continue to make significant investments throughout EMEA.î

Most recently, Mr. Phillips was Chief Marketing Officer at Staffware plc, a market-leading provider of business process management solutions, where he led a global marketing organisation of more than 40 people. Prior to that, he held EMEA Marketing Director positions at Commerce One and Vitria Technology, where he helped establish both as leaders in the European marketplace.

Mr. Phillips spent the first 10 years of his career at IBM, first establishing a very successful track record in sales, and then holding a number of senior marketing positions. Mr. Phillips served as IBMís EMEA Marketing Director, eBusiness Solutions where he was responsible for marketing all of IBMís internet/e-commerce, CRM, workflow and collaboration products.

I am delighted to join Taleo and look forward to furthering our marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said Phillips. I chose to join Taleo because of their impressive growth in the European market to date, including several recent new customer wins throughout EMEA. I look forward to working with the team to continue to build brand and market awareness for Taleo and the value of talent management to global organisations.