By Modupe Gbadeyanka
An IT expert, Mr Niral Patel, has been appointed as the Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud.
A statement made available to Business Post disclosed that in his new position, Mr Patel will be leading Google Cloud’s business across Sub-Saharan Africa.
He will also have overall responsibility for the company’s sales strategy and continued development of its go-to-market sales operations and will focus on supporting the growth and scale of Google Cloud customers across a variety of industries.
“We have been seeing strong customer momentum in Africa, and companies ranging from digital natives to large corporations are coming to us to help them digitally transform and reinvent their business models,” said Mr Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Managing Director, Turkey, Middle East and Africa at Google Cloud.
“We are thrilled to have Niral join us as we accelerate the next stage of growth with our local teams, partners and customers. He brings a wealth of experience to the Google Cloud family,” he added.
The new director, who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, will bring over 20 years of tech sales leadership to Google Cloud.
He was chosen from Oracle, where he was the Managing Director for South Africa and prior to Oracle, Mr Patel held various leadership roles at Microsoft, IBM and Hitachi.
Aduragbemi Omiyale