This goal was reaffirmed at the annual Sales Kick-Off, which this year had the theme VAD of the Future and was held on January 20 at the venerable Museum of the Future in Dubai. The event unveiled a strategic plan for the coming years and celebrated the successes of the fiscal year 2022, which had strong growth of 20% YoY. As a prominent VAD in the MEA area, the company's high-performance and competitive mindset are strongly reflected in this double-digit growth across cybersecurity, secure network, and secure cloud. The merger with the Infinigate Group, supported by Bridgepoint, was the biggest accomplishment of 2022 and changed everything for Starlink.
"The MEA region is now making a significant contribution to the wider Infinigate Group across EMEA, enhancing the joint offering both geographically and in terms of the technical expertise, benefiting the EMEA stakeholders - including vendors, customers, and partners," says Klaus Schlichtherle, CEO of the Infinigate Group. By 2027, the Infinigate Group hopes to have a $5 billion company revenue.
Starlink was founded by Nidal Othman, MEA CEO of the Infinigate Group, who also declares: "2022 was definitely another spectacular year for Starlink, signalling a crucial turning point in our development. In order to seize the opportunities before us and create value for all of our partners, we improved our growth strategies. Our channel development, new initiatives, and portfolio extension have all produced exponential outcomes. We entered 2023 as a global leader and are eager to continue to succeed because of our solid track record and our joining the Infinigate Group.
"We are very optimistic about our collaboration with the Infinigate Group, and we fully plan to capitalise on our transformative synergies for a breakthrough performance in the future years, as an EMEA leader," says Mahmoud Nimer, MEA President of the Infinigate Group. Our top priority is to provide our vendors and partners with worthwhile opportunities, enhancing their expertise while capitalising on the best of both worlds in terms of culture and market practises. Most importantly, we want to inspire businesses to travel smoothly in the direction of cyber resiliency.
New initiatives that aim to provide the vendor and partner communities with a strong value proposition to promote specialisation were unveiled at the 2023 Sales Kick-Off. Additionally, by strengthening our position in current markets and entering unexplored ones, we hope to help businesses reevaluate and overhaul their cybersecurity initiatives.
