INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Ajay Bhardwaj moves from Secureworks to Orange Cyberdefense as UK Managing Director
Orange Cyberdefense, a provider of cybersecurity services in Europe, has announced appointment of Ajay Bhardwaj as UK Managing Director. With decades of experience leading technology teams, Ajay is tasked with increasing Orange Cyberdefense’ s market share in the UK, diversifying its customer portfolio, and maintaining the service excellence for which the company is known.
Ajay joins Orange Cyberdefense from Secureworks, where he spent 10 years growing both EMEA and global teams responsible for managed security services, incident response, security and risk consulting, and threat intelligence for large enterprise and global professional services clients. Prior to this, Ajay held VP and Director positions at Intel Security and McAfee, working mainly with professional services firms.
“ The UK is an important market for Orange Cyberdefense, where we see significant development and investment potential, especially in managed security services, with a revenue growth of 10 % in the market” says Hugues Foulon, Executive Vice President and CEO of Orange Cyberdefense.
“ With Ajay as Managing Director, the future of UK organisations and their digital users remains safe amidst an increasingly treacherous digital threat landscape. With our UK teams and our global capabilities, Ajay will support business leaders in building the resilience of their companies, especially those responsible for critical national infrastructure.”
Ajay Bhardwaj
“ The UK is an incredibly mature cybersecurity market and an example for other nations globally,” says Ajay Bhardwaj.“ Orange Cyberdefense has a significant presence here, a world- class SOC, and our cybersecurity incident response team, CSIRT already established and providing valuable insights into the UK threat landscape.”
Alongside the news of Ajay’ s appointment, Orange Cyberdefense is celebrating the opening of its new UK office in the heart of the City of London. This milestone not only strengthens Orange Cyberdefense’ s presence in the UK but also brings it closer to its clients.
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JAGGAER announces Jon Lawrence as Chief Product Officer, Pascal d’ Arc as Chief Strategy Officer
Jon Lawrence
Pascal d’ Arc
JAGGAER, a global provider in Sourceto-Pay and Supplier Collaboration, announced appointment of Jon Lawrence as Chief Product Officer and Pascal d’ Arc as Chief Strategy Officer.
With his vision and transformative approach, Lawrence will oversee the entire product portfolio. Before joining JAGGAER,
Lawrence was tasked with innovation and the overall product strategy at CBORD, a provider of integrated technology solutions powering access, foodservice, nutrition, commerce, and card systems.
As a member of their executive team, he contributed to developing a strong product based on accurate and insightful market fit, in order to deliver high value returns to clients and customers. Prior to CBORD, Lawrence, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, covered senior product leadership roles in spend monitoring, supply chain management, and retail operations.
“ Jon’ s in-depth understanding of B2B applications and his wealth of experience in product innovation, strategy, and leadership will serve JAGGAER well as we build on our thirty-year trajectory of customer-first innovation,” said JAGGAER CEO, Andy Hovancik.
Pascal is an innovator and pioneer in the procurement industry. He is based in the UK and will join the JAGGAER Executive Leadership Team at a key inflection point in the procurement and supply chain space.
Prior to joining JAGGAER, Pascal led growth initiatives, providing strategic direction on target markets through to execution at scale. He brings to JAGGAER over 20 years of experience driving growth in digital procurement and supply chain management.
His background includes driving the industry’ s early ventures into AI for procurement while at IBM, sourceto-pay transformation projects at Fortune 500 companies, thought leadership and growth strategies at SAP, and more recently pioneering a new category in the procurement world with the latest developments in procurement orchestration. •
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