Check Point Appoints Harsh Marwah as Country Manager, India

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), today announced appointment of Harsh Marwah as Country Manager for its India region. Managing all aspects of Enterprise business, Harsh will work effectively with the leadership of Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu – Managing Director, India and SAARC, Check Point.

“Hailing with an experience of leading organizations like Verizon India and BT India in majority of his 25 years+ of scintillating experience, he is not only going to expand the footprint of Check Point solutions across the region, but also drive the inorganic growth aspirations of Check Point India” said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Managing Director, Check Point, India and SAARC. “He has earlier held similar strategic roles and that’s why I believe he will be the ideal leader for promoting Check Point Threat Prevention solutions in the India market” he added.

Commenting on his new role, Harsh said, “India is a big market with diversifying needs and despite

Check Point’s leadership position in cyber security solutions in India, there is an untapped potential owing to digital transformation of the economy, leading into growing security concerns. I will be looking forward to drive Check Point’s ambitious growth plans for India, see this business flourish to its potential and provide a higher level of security to businesses in an evolving threat landscape.

“Harsh will roll up into me and he will be ably supported by our three regional directors where the regional teams converge respectively. His strong industry experience and deep knowledge of technology and business philosophy will be invaluable in growing our brand multifold in India. We welcome Harsh Marwah to the Check Point family” added Bhaskar

Harsh spent his initial years as a core technologist and worked extensively in Telecommunication,
Networks and IT. Harsh became an entrepreneur at a young age of 27 and co-promoted a Network and IT Integration outfit.