SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — April 2, 2019 —

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, has appointed John Donovan as its managing director for Australia and New Zealand. 

Based in Sydney, Donovan brings more than 30 years' experience in the IT industry to Sophos. He was most recently with ForgeRock where he was the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) senior vice president. Before joining ForgeRock, John spent five years at VMware ANZ developing the partner and general business markets.

Donovan also spent 12 years at Symantec in various roles, including vice president of channel sales for APJ, managing director Symantec Pacific, and the management of distribution marketing in the US and Canada.

Donovan served on the boards of the Business Software Association of Australia and Australian Information Industry Association, and has been a member of the Australian Federal Government's Critical Infrastructure Taskforce. He also provided guidance on the development of legislation relating to cybercrime in Australia.

"John is an extremely experienced and well-known executive within the ANZ and APJ IT industry," said Gavin Struthers, regional vice president, Asia Pacific and Japan for Sophos. "With his in-depth industry knowledge, particularly in cybersecurity, and deep understanding of the channel, we are excited to welcome John on board to help drive Sophos' channel-first strategy for our ANZ business."

John Donovan said, "I'm excited to be joining Sophos as it continues to meet the demands of a constantly evolving security landscape. I believe Sophos' synchronized security vision uniquely positions it in the local market and this, coupled with its 100 percent channel approach, provides the right programs for ANZ channel partners to deliver the security solutions local customers need." 

About Sophos

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.