Veeam Software has announced the appointment of Drew Gardner as Regional Vice President, UK and Ireland.

With extensive experience, Gardner will guide Veeam’s work with customers to ensure their data is resilient and protected from cyber-attacks and outages to keep their business running. 

Drew Gardner

The new Regional Vice President joins Veeam from Broadcom, where he led the Broadcom Software Group in EMEA North and Central (UKI, Nordics, Benelux and Central) for over four years.

He delivered multi-cloud, hybrid cybersecurity to the biggest regulated enterprises in Broadcom’s Enterprise Security Group.

Following the integration of VMware, his final year at Broadcom was spent leading the Enterprise Security Group business across EMEA.

Before Broadcom, he spent over three years at CA Technologies, the enterprise software company acquired by Broadcom, as EMEA North Leader, Solution Strategy.

The company states that with first-hand experience of the acquisition, Gardner is well-equipped to support Veeam in its transition as the company consolidates its leadership position in the enterprise space.

“Continue to build on our momentum”

Tim Pfaelzer, General Manager and Senior Vice President of EMEA, Veeam stated: “Drew brings proven experience in driving sustainable business growth with deep expertise in leading successful teams and working with enterprise customers across the UK and Europe.

“He is inheriting a highly skilled, strong team and we are confident that under his leadership, we will continue to build on our momentum as the world leader in data resilience.”

Pfaelzer continued: “Drew’s focus on helping customers ensure they have the right protections in place for their data will be key as we continue to meet the evolving needs of businesses across the region. We’re excited to have him join the team.”

“The market is aligned”

Gardner commented: “I don’t think there could be a better time to be joining Veeam.

“The company is already extremely well positioned as the world’s number one leader in data resilience and we are now at the start of an exciting growth phase, following last year’s $15 billion valuation and further equity investment from Microsoft last month.”

Gardner concluded: “The portfolio is going from strength to strength, the market is aligned and I believe we will gather significant momentum over the next few years as we continue to expand our product portfolio to deliver key strategic services to our incredible customers and partners.”