Google Cloud has announced the appointment of Niral Patel as its regional director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Niral will be responsible for leading Google Cloud’s business across Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to an announcement by Google, the former managing director at Oracle SA will also have overall responsibility for the company’s sales strategy and continued development of its go-to-market sales operations. He will be focused 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,” says Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Managing Director, Turkey, Middle East and Africa at Google Cloud.
Niran brings more than 20 years of tech sales leadership to this role and joins Google Cloud from Oracle, where he was the Managing Director for South Africa. Prior to Oracle, Niral held various leadership roles at Microsoft, IBM and Hitachi.
“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 concludes.
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