BlackBerry just announced that Cameron Vernest is now the Managing director in Singapore and Philippines. As the Managing Director of Singapore and the Philippines at BlackBerry, Cameron Vernest would now be responsible for driving the growth and success of BlackBerry in both markets and building and cultivating BlackBerry’s relationships with various partners. He will be overseeing many various functional areas such as sales, marketing and operations.
Being with BlackBerry for more than four years now, he was previously the Country Director for Philippines. In his term, he propelled BlackBerry to be the #2 selling smartphone in 2012 there. Prior to this, he was Head of Distribution Sales and Retail in Thailand, bringing BlackBerry to a milestone there with one million BlackBerry subscribers. moving back further in history, he has also held various roles in finance and commercial operations in Canada as well as Singapore.
Cameron is a Certified Management Accountant and holds an M.B.A in Finance and Accounting from the Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honors from the University of Guelph, Canada.