Mumbai: Cohesity has announced the appointment of Mayank Mishra as the new Regional Director of Sales for India and SAARC. In this capacity, Mayank will spearhead Cohesity’s overall business strategy, sales operations, and growth strategy across India and the SAARC region.
Before this appointment, Mayank served as the regional director of West and North India for Veritas. In his 17-year-long association with Veritas, Mayank served in numerous leadership positions in enterprise sales across the financial, telecom, and pharmaceutical sectors. He holds extensive industry experience and has led the successful delivery of several large and highly complex data protection deals in the South Asia region. Under his leadership, the enterprise sales team consistently exceeded their business revenue targets. Prior to Veritas, Mayank held roles in multi-national firms, including Oracle, Acision, and Tata Teleservices.
Johnny Karam, Managing Director and Vice President of International Emerging Markets, Cohesity, while expressing his view on Mayank’s appointment, stated, “Mayank’s appointment comes at a defining moment as we continue to drive innovation and leadership in AI-powered data security and cyber resilience. With his strong track record in delivering business results and proven ability in leading high-performance teams to address pertinent cyber resiliency issues facing customers, I am confident that we will continue to be the preferred choice for data security with differentiated AI capabilities in India and SAARC region.”
About Cohesity
Cohesity is a leading company in AI-powered data security. It has more than 12,000 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500. Cohesity supports these businesses in strengthening their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge.

