Singapore – Fortinet has appointed Luca Simonelli as Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific, tasking the cybersecurity executive with leading the company’s regional sales organisation and overseeing operations across Japan, North Asia, and South Asia, which includes Southeast Asia, India and SAARC, Australia, and New Zealand.
Based in Singapore, Simonelli will be responsible for driving Fortinet’s regional strategy, strengthening relationships with customers and partners, and supporting the company’s growth across the Asia-Pacific market.
Simonelli brings more than 30 years of experience in the technology sector, with expertise spanning cybersecurity, networking, secure access service edge (SASE), cloud security, and managed services. Before rejoining Fortinet, he held a senior leadership position at GCX Managed Services. He previously spent nearly eight years at Fortinet, where he led the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business.
According to Fortinet, Simonelli has built and managed technology teams across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific throughout his career.
Announcing the appointment, Joe Sarno, Executive Vice President, International Sales at Fortinet, said “Asia Pacific continues to be one of the most dynamic cybersecurity markets globally, as organisations accelerate digital transformation, adopt AI, and modernise critical infrastructure. Luca’s deep industry experience, customer focus, and proven ability to build high-performing teams further strengthens our leadership across Asia Pacific and positions us well to further support our customers, partners and teams as we continue executing our long-term growth strategy.”
Simonelli said, “Fortinet has built one of the industry’s most comprehensive and integrated cybersecurity platforms, bringing together networking, security and AI to help organisations reduce complexity while strengthening cyber resilience. As customers continue to modernise their infrastructure and embrace AI, Fortinet is uniquely positioned to help them secure every part of their digital journey. I’m excited to rejoin Fortinet and work alongside our customers, partners and teams across Asia Pacific to build on the company’s strong momentum and help more organisations securely embrace the next phase of digital transformation.”
Simonelli holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Milan and is based in Singapore.
