Google Cloud has announced the appointment of Niral Patel as Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Based in Johannesburg, Niral will be responsible for leading Google Cloud’s business across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Niral’s brief shows that he will have overall responsibility for the company’s sales strategy and continued development of its go-to-market sales operations.
He will be focused on supporting the growth and scale of Google Cloud customers across a variety of industries.
Niral brings more than 20 years of tech sales leadership to this role and joins Google Cloud from Oracle, where he was the Managing Director for South Africa.
Prior to Oracle, Niral held various leadership roles at Microsoft, IBM and Hitachi.
“We have been seeing strong customer momentum in Africa, and companies ranging from digital natives to large corporations are coming to us to help them digitally transform and reinvent their business models,” said Managing Director, Turkey, Middle East and Africa at Google Cloud, Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban.
He further expressed delight in the new addition to the team: “We are thrilled to have Niral join us as we accelerate the next stage of growth with our local teams, partners and customers. He brings a wealth of experience to the Google Cloud family.”
