Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security technology, has appointed Harish Chib as its vice-president for the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region.

In his new role, Chib will focus on strengthening the company’s sales and channel strategy for that region, said a statement from the company.

He will also drive business development opportunities, and oversee the integration and expansion of Sophos and Cyberoam channel ecosystems across MEA, it added.

Chib joined Sophos through the acquisition of Cyberoam in 2014 where he successfully led channel strategy and sales operations for 10 years.

Karl Heinz Warum, vice president, CEEMEA, Sophos, said: “Chib’s expertise in leading and scaling sales operations and leveraging the partner ecosystem makes him the ideal leader for Sophos' growing focus in the Middle East and Africa.”

“His proven success with Cyberoam's sales and channel gives him the right experience to further expand our strong sales and partner network,” he said.

“It is our ambition to be the vendor of choice for both endpoint and network security solutions, and under his leadership, we will bring together our channel and sales organisation with the Cyberoam ecosystem and bolster sales engineering and reseller enablement initiatives in MEA,” he added.

Chib said: “Resellers from across the region have a tremendous opportunity to leverage the synergy of both Sophos and Cyberoam products in endpoint, cloud and network security to protect their customers with advanced and next generation technology from a global leader.” – TradeArabia News Service