Dirk Peter van Leeuwen Appointed VP- APAC, Red Hat

Red Hat has announced Dirk Peter (DP) van Leeuwen as Vice President, APAC, Red Hat . Van Leeuwen will lead the company’s sales, marketing and services efforts in the region.

Van Leeuwen will report to Alex Pinchev, Executive Vice President and President, Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing, Red Hat.

“In Europe DP’s focus was to build and grow Red Hat’s business in established and emerging markets and to establish Red Hat as the open source operating system and middleware platform provider of choice in the enterprise and SMB markets,” said Pinchev. “There is great opportunity in the APAC region, and Red Hat is ready with compelling solutions, such as virtualisation and cloud computing, to serve the needs of this market. We believe that DP is a leader with the right balance of business acumen, technical knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit to help guide APAC to the next level.”