ELVINA LIOW PROMOTED TO LEAD WATCHTOWR’S OPERATIONS ACROSS APAC

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- Cybersecurity company, watchTowr announced the promotion of Elvina Liow to vice president (VP) of Asia Pacific (APAC).

In her new role, Liow will assume full responsibility for the company’s business in the APAC region, scaling operations and driving the company’s mission to redefine and lead the external attack surface management market globally.

According to watchTowr in a statement, her leadership will be critical to continuing the company's hyper-growth and strengthening its presence in the region.

“Elvina has been pivotal to watchTowr’s continued success and a key driver of our success in the region. Her leadership has been instrumental in expanding watchTowr’s commercial footprint and deepening both customer and partner relationships.

“Her deep understanding of both the cybersecurity landscape and our customers’ evolving needs makes her the ideal person to lead our APAC business as we continue our rapid growth and global expansion,” said its chief executive officer and founder, Benjamin Harris.

Meanwhile, Liow said: “The APAC region has been a core foundation of the business, paving the success of our global expansion. The team has delivered impressive results, building a great client network and strong partnerships in the region.

“Our mission to help organisations continuously validate and strengthen their security postures is more important than ever, and I look forward to deepening our presence and driving significant growth across the region.”

Liow’s promotion follows watchTowr’s recent US$19 million Series A funding round, which will further accelerate its growth plans by expanding its go-to-market, research, and engineering teams. (US$1=RM4.34)

She joined watchTowr in 2022 as an account director, following over a decade of experience in senior sales, product management, and business development roles at industry leaders such as NTT and F-Secure.

Liow quickly grew her career at watchTowr, earning a promotion to head of Commercial within a year and assuming the role of VP of Commercial in February this year, becoming part of watchTowr’s extended leadership team.

-- BERNAMA