Karan Bajwa will now lead Google Cloud, Asia Pacific

Google Cloud on Tuesday announced the elevation of Karan Bajwa as its new leader for the Asia Pacific Region. Kran Bajwa, who currently leads Google Cloud in India, will succeed Rick Harshman. Rick leaves the organization for a new opportunity, the company stated. Bajwa will lead all regional revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud. This includes Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Workspace from January 5, 2021, a statement said.

Karan Bajwa is currently based in Gurgaon but will relocate to Singapore in 2021. Further, he will continue to lead Google Cloud in India until Google Cloud finds a new senior leader for the business. He will report to Rob Enslin, President of Sales, Google Cloud.

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“Since Karan joined us in March 2020, Google Cloud in India has grown from strength to strength. He has advanced the digital transformation journeys of many large Indian organisations across industries. And he has successfully expanded our partner community," Enslin said. Bajwa brings management and sales experience with him to this regional role. The organisation is thrilled to have him at the helm of the APAC business, Enslin further added.

“With the disruptions of 2020 behind us, a true test of 2021 will be how companies re-platform and build on the cloud not only for resilience but agility and innovation. I'm excited for the opportunity to lead Google Cloud's business in APAC to maximise this next phase of growth,” Karan Bajwa said.

Google Cloud is on a strong growth trajectory within the Asia Pacific and counts ANZ Bank, Lendlease, Optus, Sharechat, Tech Mahindra, L&T Finance, Wipro, Samsung Electronics, Foxconn, Kia Motors, Go-JEK, Tokopedia, and XL Axiata among its customers. The company also continues to invest in technical infrastructure in the region. It has also launched its GCP regions in Jakarta and Seoul last year. Moreover, it plans expansion to Delhi and Melbourne in 2021. (PTI)