Cohesity hires Matthew Johnston as Senior Partner Sales Director

Cohesity has announced the appointment of Matthew Johnston as Senior Director, Partner Sales, for the Asia Pacific and Japan region. In this new position, Johnston will steer Cohesity's partner and channel go-to-market strategy across the region, aiming to boost growth through the Cohesity Aspire Partner Programme. This move highlights Cohesity's growing investment in enhancing its partner ecosystem within the Asia Pacific and Japan region.

As businesses worldwide prioritize data resilience and security as crucial components of their digital transformation strategies, data sovereignty compliance and business resilience have become increasingly vital for organizations across the region. Johnston will be accountable for delivering top-tier data resilience and security solutions across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the broader ASEAN region, as well as Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

His appointment underscores Cohesity's dedication to deepening its partner ecosystem within this rapidly expanding global market. Peter Hanna, Vice President of Sales and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan at Cohesity, expressed confidence in Johnston's ability to contribute significantly to developing the channel ecosystem and assisting customers in fortifying their data resilience and security capabilities.

Johnston, with over 20 years of regional industry leadership experience across Asia Pacific, most recently serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Odaseva, brings a unique blend of expertise, executive sales leadership, and extensive channel relationships with major multinational partners. He expressed enthusiasm about leveraging Cohesity's established market leadership in the region and partnering strategically with partners to help joint customers fortify their data resilience and security postures, especially as agentic AI deployment accelerates and the importance of securing data for business-critical workflows becomes even more pronounced.