Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, announced the appointment of Helmut Reisinger to the position of CEO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM).
Helmut Reisinger joins Palo Alto Networks from the CEO position at Orange Business Services, a global organization of 28,000 employees supporting the digital transformation of enterprise customers around the world. Before joining Orange Business Services in 2007, Reisinger held leadership positions across Europe at Avaya, NextiraOne Germany and Alcatel Austria.
Reisinger will work closely with Palo Alto Networks’ President BJ Jenkins to drive the acceleration of the company’s global growth strategy, and will join CEO and Chairman Nikesh Arora’s management team.
Reisinger holds a Ph.D. from Vienna University for Economics and Business (WU), and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.