FRESHWORKS INC. Company strengthens leadership with regional expansion and hiring plans across the APAC and MEA regions
Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH), a software company empowering the people who power business, has announced the appointment of Simon Ma as its new Director and Regional Manager of Sales for ASEAN markets.
"We are excited to have Simon join us to continue bringing Freshworks' modern software applications to businesses around the world. He has a 12-year history of helping businesses grow their regional go-to-market teams and is exactly what Freshworks needs in the region to execute on our objectives," said Jose Morales, Chief Revenue Officer of Freshworks.
Prior to the appointment, Simon was the Regional Sales Director for ServiceNow where he was responsible for hiring, coaching, and overseeing business growth across Southeast Asia. Possessing exceptional organisational and leadership abilities, Ma excelled at structuring effective sales teams to close negotiations for large, multi-year contracts. His tenure was marked by an impressive growth in new large enterprise business in the region.
Simon Ma said, "This is a truly exciting time for Freshworks in the market where businesses are focusing strongly on omnichannel customer engagement and hybrid work environments. Freshworks' is focusing on improving customer and employee experience through an easy to use, modern and intuitive SaaS platform that allows businesses to easily adapt to these new business demands. I see immense potential for us in the region and I am looking forward to creating impact for all businesses here with Freshworks' easy to try, buy and use software.
Freshworks had started strengthening its APAC and MEA leadership bench with the appointment of Ben Pluznyk (who was previously SAP and Oracle) as the country head and sales director for ANZ in November last year. In addition, Preethi Bridgement joined to head solution engineering for Freshworks in the APAC & MEA markets. The company also recently hired Varun Vig (ex-Microsoft, Cisco and Deloitte), in Singapore, to head the regional channels & alliances in APJ, India and MEA markets.
The company currently has active hiring and expansion plans in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam under Simon Ma.
About FreshworksFreshworks Inc, (NASDAQ: FRSH) makes business software that people love to use. Designed specifically for IT, customer support, sales and marketing teams, our products empower the people who drive business. Freshworks is quick to incorporate, affordably priced, designed to delight, yet powerful enough to deliver critical business results. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks operates worldwide to serve more than 56,000 customers, including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero, ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media. For the latest company news, visit www.freshworks.com and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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