Darktrace plc announced the appointment of Chris Kozup as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Chris will join the executive management team on June 6th, 2023, and will report to Chief Executive Officer Poppy Gustafsson. Based in the U.S., Chris joins Darktrace from Zscaler, where he served as CMO and was responsible for global marketing strategy and execution across a team of hundreds of marketing and sales development professionals.

Chris has more than 20 years of experience leading high performing marketing initiatives and teams for enterprise technology companies including Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, and Nutanix. Chris brings significant expertise in product marketing, demand generation, digital marketing, cloud marketplaces, and brand strategy.