Singapore – Cohesity has appointed Peter Hanna as Vice President of Sales and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), expanding his responsibilities to oversee the company’s sales strategy and regional growth initiatives.
Based in Hong Kong, Hanna will be responsible for Cohesity’s overall sales strategy, technical sales execution, channel operations, and growth initiatives across the APJ region, including Australia and New Zealand, Singapore and ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
Hanna previously led Cohesity’s Partner and Alliances Sales organisation in APJ for nearly three years. In his new role, he will continue reporting to Mark Nutt, senior vice president and general manager, international, at Cohesity.
The company said the appointment comes amid continued growth in APJ and its broader international business, with the creation of the expanded leadership role reflecting the strategic importance of 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. 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,” said Mark Nutt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, International, Cohesity.
He added, “His direct engagement with many of our largest customers across the region will be invaluable as we continue to expand our customer base, and the entire APJ team will benefit greatly from his leadership and collaborative approach.”
Hanna has more than 20 years of experience in sales and go-to-market leadership for security solutions across Asia Pacific, Japan, India, and Greater China. Before joining Cohesity, he held regional leadership roles at VMware and Dell EMC.
In his new position, Hanna will oversee the company’s sales, technical sales, and channel teams across APJ as Cohesity continues to expand its presence in the region and strengthen its AI-powered data security platform.
“I am honoured to have the opportunity to bring together Cohesity’s sales, technical sales, and channel teams across APJ at such a pivotal moment – not only for our customers and partners, but for the entire data security industry,” said Hanna. “Across the region, organisations are under increasing pressure to secure, manage, and unlock the value of their data and 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. Cohesity is uniquely positioned to deliver true business resilience through our unified, AI security platform. 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.”
