Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, has appointed Marjet Andriesse as Vice President & General Manager for its APAC (Asia-Pacific) region. She succeeds van Leeuwen in leading the company’s Asia-Pacific operations. The appointment is effective immediately, and Andriesse will report to Larry Stack, Red Hat’s Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Services.
Andriesse has quickly established herself as a respected and experienced sales leader since joining Red Hat in 2020, prioritizing customer satisfaction and team collaboration to deliver results. With more than 25 years of broad industry experience, she has a strong track record of success in leading teams in global and regional roles at organizations across Europe and Asia, including expansions into new geographical markets and transformation following an acquisition. Most recently, Andriesse was Managing Director of APAC at Telstra. Prior to Telstra, she held senior leadership positions at Randstad. In her new role, Andriesse will be instrumental in driving the next phase of growth for Red Hat in the APAC region and leading initiatives to enable customer success with open hybrid cloud technology.
“Since joining Red Hat, I’ve been impressed with the dedication Red Hatters show every day and their desire to serve our customers. We’ve shown the power of open source in driving software innovation and our customers rely on us to guide them as they embrace an open hybrid cloud strategy. I’m humbled to step into this role and am ready to lead the team into the next phase as we look to continue delivering innovative technologies to the industry”, said Andriesse.