Ricky Kapur appointed Zoom Head of APAC

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Zoom Video Communications Inc announced Ricky Kapur has joined the company as Head of APAC, effective June 21.

Reporting directly to Zoom’s Head of International Abe Smith, Kapur will defi ne and lead the company’s go-to-market strategy for key APAC markets: Australia andNew Zealand, ASEAN, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Korea, and Taiwan — exclusive of Japan.

He will manage Zoom’s APAC business with supervision and alignment across all cross-functional roles, according to a statement. “We are thrilled to have Ricky Kapur lead our go-to-market strategy for all of APAC, a region where we are seeing accelerated growth,” said Smith.

“APAC is a critical region for Zoom, as we invest in infrastructure and expand the presence of our sales, marketing, and research and development teams to best enable organisations of all sizes with seamless and reliable video communications.”

Meanwhile, Kapur said: “Zoom has scaled its operations and business impressively across APAC markets, announcing a Technology Center in India and a Research and Development Center in Singapore within the past year. “I am excited to join a company that continues to redefine the way organisations and individuals connect, from breaking barriers for education and healthcare with virtual-learning and telehealth to becoming critical technology for enterprises as they quickly evolved and adapted to a hybrid working model.”

Kapur comes to Zoom after five and a half years at Microsoft, where he was most recently Vice President of Sales and Marketing Operations for APAC.

At Microsoft, he managed all segments, from SMB, Majors through Enterprise, and led a cross-functional team of sales, marketing, partner, and customer success professionals.

Kapur is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India and holds an MBA from the University of Melbourne.

-- BERNAMA