Richard Gadd VP and GM EMEA Sales, Cohesity

Cohesity, Inc. named Richard Gadd as VP and GM, EMEA sales with immediate effect.

A technology sales and business development leader with almost 3 decades of experience in EMEA, he will manage the company’s business and sales operations throughout the region. He will play a role in continuing to accelerate the rapid growth and adoption of the company’s multicloud data management solutions.

He joins Cohesity from Hitachi Vantara, where he served as SVP and GM EMEA for 5 years and, for 2 years before that, as VP and GM for the UKI. Prior to Hitachi Vantara, he spent more than 8 years in various senior leadership roles at EMC. He has also previously held leadership and sales positions at Computacenter, Morse, and Xerox.

He will report to Michael Cremen, chief revenue officer.

“I’m thrilled to join the team at Cohesity. The company’s multicloud data management platform is empowering organisations to simplify data management and bolster security postures at a time when businesses need to be fully prepared for all manner of attacks, disasters, and regulatory requirements,” Gadd said. “I’ve been working in the data infrastructure space for decades and am excited to bring this experience to Cohesity. I look forward to helping a rapidly growing set of customers and partners unlock limitless value from their data.“

More and more organisations around the world are embracing Cohesity’s multicloud data management technology to combat the ongoing threat of ransomware attacks, accelerate the move to the cloud, improve data compliance, and do more with data.

“We are seeing growing demand in EMEA for our multicloud data management solutions that give customers and partners exceptional choice in how they protect, manage, and derive value from data,” said Cremen. “We are excited to have Richard as part of the Cohesity team. He has extensive knowledge of the industry, the market, and unique challenges faced by EMEA organisations and will be a major asset to our team.”