Last week, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky revealed that it has appointed Chris Connell as Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Connell, who is set to be based in Kaspersky’s regional office in Singapore, will spearhead the company’s APAC business expansion efforts in addition to continuing his role as the Deputy Vice President of Global Sales for Kaspersky. Originally from the United Kingdom, he is set to be based in Kaspersky’s regional office in Singapore.
Chris joined Kaspersky as the GM for UK & Ireland in February 2019. In February this year, alongside his role as Deputy VP of Sales Network, he was promoted to Director of European Operations, and took on the task of boosting the performance of the company’s European operations. Following this European reorganization Chris was responsible for one of Kaspersky’s burgeoning regions – Northern and Eastern Europe.
Overall, Chris has more than 23 years of professional experience in sales and commercial leadership in various companies and across many sectors, including solution selling, consumer, B2B and channel sales.
Prior to joining Kaspersky, Chris’s career was spent at companies such as Ingram Micro Europe and Australia, Tech Data and IBM.