AHEAD engineers integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, and security. The company builds and manages digital platforms.
AHEAD have recently acquired Prolimax, a Netherlands-based technology services partner, and thus have appointed Paul Allen as Executive Vice President of Sales EMEA, and have opened a new AHEAD Foundry™ facility outside of London. AHEAD have also announced plans for an additional technology centre of excellence in Bangalore, India.
EVP Sales for EMEA
Paul Allen will build the regional team and partnerships needed to accelerate growth across the EMEA market. His mandate is to accelerate strategy into execution, and help clients realise measurable outcomes. He will be based in London and reporting to Executive Vice Chairman Stephen Ayoub.
Allen brings over 20 years of experience building and leading international enterprise technology services, having spent six years at World Wide Technology as Area Vice President, Global Enterprise, where he led WWT’s EMEA strategy and expansion. He has also held senior leadership roles at Dell Technologies and Dimension Data (NTT) and led international transformation at Zones.
“Bringing Paul on board is one of the most important steps in AHEAD’s international growth strategy,” said Ayoub. “He has the relationships, the regional expertise, and the proven track record to establish AHEAD as a trusted enterprise technology partner across EMEA – all at the pace and precision our clients expect from us.”
Commenting on his appointment, Allen said:
“AHEAD has built something genuinely unique: integrated capability, real engineering depth, and a level of client accountability that is rare. The demand for that is real and it is growing, particularly as organizations accelerate AI infrastructure investments. The need and appetite for that model across EMEA enterprise customers is growing at pace.”
AHEAD Foundry facility in Reading
AHEAD will open a new Foundry facility in Reading later in 2026 to help its clients manage infrastructure across borders. AHEAD Foundry industrialises the build, configuration and testing of complex AI, high-performance computing, and edge infrastructure. Hatch®, AHEAD’s IT lifecycle management platform gives IT teams a single view of every asset, site, and shipment, across every geography no matter where it was built or deployed. For multinational enterprises the combination eliminates the blind spots that slow decisions and increase risk. Allegedly no other provider offers both under one delivery model.
Acquisition of Prolimax
Prolimax is a Netherlands-based technology services partner with established EU supplier relationships, integration and logistics capability, and it has the regulatory infrastructure required to operate across the European Union, including ISO, VAT, Article 23, and EORI certifications. AHEAD has partnered with the company for several years through its Foundry program.
Bringing Prolimax in-house now gives AHEAD an expert Foundry team with proven delivery capability, deep regional supplier relationships, and the regulatory standing to operate across borders immediately. Prolimax will fully integrate with AHEAD to ensure one delivery model and one point of accountability to respond to global client operations.
Global Growth Built Around Client Need
AHEAD’s European expansion is a direct response to the growing international needs of its U.S.-based multinational clients, many of whom already operate across Europe. AHEAD’s India operation has more than 700 employees and has already been in place for three years.
Daniel Adamany, CEO of AHEAD, explains:
“Our clients are global, and their infrastructure and AI needs don’t stop at the U.S. border. This expansion is about meeting clients where they already operate, with the same capabilities, the same standards, and the same accountability they expect from us at home. We are building this the right way, with real operational capability, a trusted local team, and leadership who has done this before.”
