Board of Directors stories

LeanDNA appoints Andy Ellenthal as CEO, succeeding founder Richard Lebovitz. Ellenthal brings extensive business analytics experience to drive company's growth.

FTC Solar appoints Yann Brandt as CEO, effective 19 August 2024, following an extensive search. Brandt brings over 18 years of solar industry experience.

CTERA secures USD $80 million from PSG Equity to boost its edge-accelerated hybrid cloud data management solutions, with a focus on AI capabilities.

Qumulo appoints Douglas Gourlay as CEO and President, tasking the former Arista Networks exec with driving the next growth phase amid AI and cloud innovations.

HCLTech has claimed top positions in 21 categories in Institutional Investor Research's 14th Annual Asia Executive Team survey, highlighting its ESG and investor relations excellence.

Advent One appoints Jason Dixon as CEO, succeeding John Twine. Twine remains on the Board as Non-Executive Director. The company eyes continued growth.

A Gartner poll reveals that 55% of organisations have adopted an AI board, with 54% appointing an AI leader, yet only a minority hold CAIO titles.

Freelancer appoints Catcha Group CEO Patrick Grove as Non-Executive Director to its Board, aiming to leverage his tech sector expertise to drive growth.

Tanium appoints Workday CIO Rani Johnson and TPG's Tim Millikin to its board, aiming to leverage their expertise for accelerated growth and strategic innovation.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison's AGMS in Jakarta approved significant resolutions, including a USD $135 million cash dividend, while noting strong financial performance and strategic initiatives.

Simr, formerly UberCloud, unveils SimOps, promising to speed up manufacturing simulations tenfold and secures USD $20 million in Series A funding led by BMW i Ventures.

Global trade disruptor LogChain appoints industry veteran Jim Halkyard as Chief Technical Officer, signaling a major move towards the digitalisation and revolution of the supply chain industry.

Camille Drummond, BP's Senior VP of Global Business Services and diversity advocate, has joined BlackLine's board of directors, bringing three decades of energy sector expertise to the leading digital finance transformation firm.

Semiconductor industry veteran Stacy Smith rejoins Intel, appointed as an independent director and member of the board's Audit and Finance Committee.

The push for increased investment in women in tech seeks to bridge the gap between girls'interest in STEM and female representation in the tech sector.

Data Cloud company Snowflake moves on from CEO Frank Slootman, appointing Sridhar Ramaswamy, ex-Googler and AI specialist, as his successor to steer its AI-driven innovation.

New research reveals majority of Kiwis think companies should do more to prevent cyber-attacks, with many considering swapping brands after a data breach.

Avarni, a leading decarbonisation firm, appoints David Payne as its Chief Commercial Officer and Daniel Jarosch as board Chairman, marking a new phase of global growth.

Cybersecurity professionals must translate their technical language to ensure board members fully grasp inherent cyber threats, to encourage informed investment and more accountable cybercrime prevention.

NETGEAR's CEO of almost three decades, Patrick C.S. Lo, is set to retire, with successor Charles Prober taking over the helm from January 2024 while Lo continues as strategic advisor.