Veeam Software has announced new leadership promotions and appointments across the EMEA East region to support customer growth and strengthen partnerships across the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Africa.
Jawad Moghnieh has been promoted to Regional Director, Saudi Arabia & Bahrain, alongside his role as General Manager of Veeam’s Saudi entity. Jawad brings more than 17 years of sales leadership experience across the MENA technology sector, with a strong track record in driving market expansion, building high performing teams and developing partner ecosystems. Since joining Veeam, he has played a key role in strengthening the company’s presence across Saudi Arabia and the wider region, supporting customers on their data resilience journeys and accelerating regional growth.
Dan Popa has been promoted to Regional Director, Eastern Europe, where he will focus on accelerating growth across the region, strengthening partner ecosystems and supporting customers as they modernise their data resilience strategies. Dan has spent more than nine years at Veeam, holding senior regional leadership roles across Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. He is widely recognised for his work in developing partner networks, supporting public and private sector customers, and contributing to the region’s continued business expansion.
Islam Afifi has been promoted to Senior Regional Director, Sales Engineering, EMEA East. With more than 20 years of experience in technical sales and presales leadership, Islam has led diverse technical teams across the Middle East and CIS. At Veeam, he has been instrumental in supporting customers and partners with deep expertise across data protection, cloud infrastructure and cyber resilience, ensuring strong alignment between customer requirements and Veeam’s innovation roadmap.
Ahmad AlSabbah has been promoted to Regional Manager, Sales Engineering, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, further strengthening Veeam’s local technical leadership and customer facing capabilities in these key markets. Ahmed has built extensive hands-on experience within Veeam’s technical organisation, progressing through multiple systems engineering roles. His background includes supporting enterprise customers and partners with solution design, technical enablement and consulting, contributing to long-term customer success across Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Mark Govender has been promoted to Regional Manager, Sales Engineering, Africa. Mark has spent nearly six years at Veeam, progressing through senior systems engineering roles across the African region. His experience spans technical leadership, customer engagement and partner support, with a strong focus on building technical excellence and trusted relationships across Africa’s growing data resilience landscape.
“EMEA East is a strategically important region for Veeam, as organisations look to ensure their data is secure and resilient so they can accelerate safe AI at scale,” said Mena Migally, Regional Vice President for EMEA East at Veeam “These leadership appointments reflect the depth of talent within our organisation and our commitment to empowering local teams to help customers move beyond simply protecting data, enabling them to unlock its full value with confidence.”
“As organisations across EMEA East navigate the convergence of data, security, identity and AI risk, trusted leadership on the ground is more critical than ever,” said Tim Pfaelzer, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA at Veeam. “These strategic appointments strengthen our ability to help customers build data resilience at scale, combining deep expertise with contextual intelligence to ensure their data is secure, recoverable and trusted, so their businesses can continue to operate and innovate with confidence.”
These leadership changes underscore Veeam’s focus on empowering regional teams, deepening technical expertise and delivering exceptional value to customers and partners across EMEA.
