Spirent Communications plc has appointed Rajesh Pathak as Country Managing Director for India and SAARC. Rajesh will be responsible for driving Spirent's growth strategy in the region and helping customers accelerate the development, deployment and operation of new network solutions and services. He joins Spirent at a pivotal time for the communications industry in the region, with service providers (CSPs) and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) pursuing end-to-end, lab-to-live network testing, as networks undergo major architectural shifts.

In the new telecom economy, operators are facing transformational investments in cloud-native networks, the necessity for automation, and the need to embrace technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). Pathak has an MBA from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, and brings over two decades of industry experience to Spirent, having previously held senior leadership roles at Accedian and BT India.