Check Point's Manish Alshi exits after more than five years leading India, SAARC channel business

The executive led Check Point's partner ecosystem across India and SAARC, working with distributors, GSIs, VARs, MSPs and cloud partners.

Check Point Software Technologies' executive director, channels and alliances, India & SAARC, Manish Alshi, has stepped down after more than five years with the cybersecurity vendor, marking the departure of one of its senior channel leaders in the region.

Alshi announced his departure in a LinkedIn post, thanking the company's leadership, colleagues, distributors, partners and customers for their support during his tenure.

While confirming that he is moving to a new opportunity, he has not disclosed his next role.

"It has been a privilege to work alongside an exceptional team whose passion, collaboration, and commitment have helped strengthen the cybersecurity landscape across India and the SAARC region," Alshi wrote.

He also thanked Check Point's distributors, partners and customers, saying their trust and collaboration had been central to the company's journey over the past five and a half years.

Alshi joined Check Point in February 2021 to lead its channels and alliances business across India and SAARC.

In the role, he was responsible for driving the company's partner strategy and managing relationships across distributors, global systems integrators (GSIs), value-added resellers (VARs), managed service providers (MSPs), cloud service providers (CSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and consulting partners.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he led a channel organisation focused on partner enablement, demand generation, joint business planning and go-to-market execution across the region.

He also said he played a key role in transforming Check Point India's partner ecosystem by strengthening partner engagement and encouraging greater investment across the company's cybersecurity portfolio.

As recently as last month, Alshi was leading Check Point's Partner Leadership Summit in Goa, where the company brought together partner leaders to discuss opportunities and challenges around AI, cybersecurity and future growth.

The event also recognised the company's FY25 Partner Award winners, with Alshi thanking partners for their trust, collaboration and commitment to mutual success.

Before joining Check Point, Alshi spent over 11 years at VMware, where he rose to the position of director, channels and alliances. During his tenure, he helped expand VMware's partner ecosystem in India from fewer than 10 partners to around 650 to 700 partners while supporting geographic expansion, partner onboarding and commercial growth.

Earlier in his career, he worked at Oracle, managing strategic systems integration partners across the company's technology business.

His departure comes as Check Point continues to strengthen its presence in India. Earlier, the company announced plans to establish its first Asia-Pacific research and development centre in Bengaluru, expanding its engineering footprint to support product development across network security, AI and cloud security technologies.

The investment reflects Check Point's broader focus on India as both a technology and business hub, alongside its channel-led go-to-market strategy in the region.

At the time of publication, Check Point had not announced a successor for Alshi's role.

Throughout his tenure, Alshi remained closely associated with the company's partner-first strategy, working with distributors and channel partners to drive enablement, joint business planning and customer engagement across India and SAARC.

His departure marks a leadership change for one of the cybersecurity vendors with a strong channel-led presence in the Indian market.