At the helm: Cohesity appoints Peter Hanna to lead Asia Pacific and Japan business

Based in Hong Kong, the leader will oversee the company's sales strategy, technical sales, and channel operations across the region.

AI-powered data security and management company Cohesity has appointed Peter Hanna (pictured above) as Vice President of Sales and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), as the company continues to expand its regional presence and support organisations strengthening cyber resilience.

Based in Hong Kong, Hanna will lead Cohesity’s overall sales strategy, technical sales execution, channel operations, and growth initiatives across APJ, covering Australia and New Zealand, Singapore and ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

Hanna steps into his new role after nearly three years leading the company's Partner and Alliances Sales organisation across APJ. He will continue to report to Mark Nutt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, International, Cohesity.

The appointment reflects the growing strategic importance of the APJ market to Cohesity as the company accelerates investment and expansion across the region.

“APJ is a strategically vital geography for Cohesity and represents tremendous growth potential, which we are investing in heavily in terms of headcount, enablement and technical innovation,” said Nutt.

“Peter's proven ability to bring together partners, technical teams, and sales excellence across the diverse markets and business cultures of the region means he is perfectly positioned to deliver the best possible business resilience solutions to our customers.”

Hanna brings more than 20 years of sales and go-to-market leadership experience in security solutions across Asia Pacific, Japan, India, and Greater China. Prior to joining Cohesity, he held regional leadership positions at VMware and Dell EMC, where he focused on building customer and partner relationships across the region.

Commenting on his appointment, Hanna said organisations across APJ are facing growing pressure to secure, manage, and derive value from their data as AI adoption accelerates and cyber threats continue to evolve.

“We are increasing the size and capability of our teams to even better support them in that journey. I look forward to working with our regional and global teams to expand our customer base and help more organisations recover with confidence and speed,” he added.

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