Cohesity promotes Peter Hanna to Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan

An industry veteran with more than two decades of sales and go-to-market leadership experience, Peter Hanna was previously leading Cohesity's Partner and Alliances Sales organization in APJ for nearly three years.

Cohesity has promoted Peter Hanna to Vice President of Sales and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). Hanna was previously leading Cohesity's Partner and Alliances Sales organization in APJ for nearly three years.

In his new role, Hanna will be responsible for driving Cohesity's overall sales strategy, technical sales execution, channel operations, and growth initiatives across APJ, spanning Australia and New Zealand, Singapore and ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

With more than two decades of sales and go-to-market leadership experience in security solutions across Asia Pacific, Japan, India, and Greater China, Hanna has a consistent track record of driving revenue growth, building high-performing teams, and deepening customer engagement.

His appointment comes as Cohesity takes a deeper focus in the region, especially with increasing demand for its products and services in APAC. Cohesity helps organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs. With Zero Trust security and advanced AI/ML, Cohesity Data Cloud is trusted by customers in more than 140 countries, including two-thirds of the Global 500.

Based in Hong Kong, Hanna will report to Mark Nutt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, International, Cohesity.

"APJ is a strategically vital geography for Cohesity and represents tremendous growth potential, which we are investing in heavily in terms of headcount, enablement and technical innovation. Peter's proven ability to bring together partners, technical teams, and sales excellence across the diverse markets and business cultures of the region means he is perfectly positioned to deliver the best possible business resilience solutions to our customers," Mark Nutt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, International, Cohesity said.

Commenting on Hanna’s appointment, Nutt said Hanna’s direct engagement with many of Cohesity’s largest customers across the region will be invaluable as the company continues to expand its customer base, and the entire APJ team will benefit greatly from his leadership and collaborative approach.

For Hanna, he is honored to have the opportunity to bring together Cohesity's sales, technical sales, and channel teams across APJ at such a pivotal moment - not only for customers and partners, but for the entire data security industry.

"Across the region, organizations are under increasing pressure to secure, manage, and unlock the value of their data and as AI adoption accelerates and cyber threats continue to evolve, we are increasing the size and capability of our teams to even better support them in that journey. Cohesity is uniquely positioned to deliver true business resilience through our unified, AI security platform. I look forward to working with our regional and global teams to expand our customer base and help more organizations recover with confidence and speed,” Hanna said.

Prior to joining Cohesity, Hanna held regional leadership positions at VMware and Dell EMC, where he was recognized for building trusted, long-term relationships with customers and partners across the region.