Karan Bajwa to move Google Cloud in Asia Pacific

Google Cloud right this moment introduced the elevation of Karan Bajwa as its new chief for the Asia Pacific. Presently, Bajwa leads Google Cloud in India.
He will lead all regional income and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud, together with on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Workspace from right this moment, the corporate introduced in an announcement.
Bajwa succeeds Rick Harshman who leaves the organisation for a brand new alternative, the corporate mentioned.
At current, Bajwa is predicated in Gurgaon however will relocate to Singapore in 2021. He will proceed to guide Google Cloud in India till a brand new senior chief for the enterprise is appointed, the corporate mentioned.
He might be reporting to Rob Enslin, President of Sales at Google Cloud.
Speaking about Bajwa’s elevation, Enslin mentioned, “Since Karan joined us in March 2020, Google Cloud in India has grown from strength to strength. He’s advanced the digital transformation journeys of many large Indian organizations across industries and successfully expanded our partner community. He brings tremendous management and sales experience with him to this regional role, and we’re thrilled to have him at the helm of our APAC business.”
Reacting to his new position, Bajwa mentioned, “With the disruptions of 2020 behind us, a true test of 2021 will be how companies replatform and build on the cloud not only for resilience but agility and innovation, and I’m excited for the opportunity to lead Google Cloud’s business in APAC to maximize this next phase of growth.”
Google Cloud has ANZ Bank, Lendlease, Optus, Sharechat, Tech Mahindra, L&T Finance, Wipro, Samsung Electronics, Foxconn, Kia Motors, Go-JEK, Tokopedia, and XL Axiata as a few of its prospects.
The firm continues to put money into technical infrastructure within the area, having launched its GCP areas in Jakarta and Seoul final yr, with deliberate enlargement to Delhi and Melbourne in 2021.