Veeam Software, Global data management solutions provider has appointed Anand Eswaran as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the company's Board of Directors.

William H Largent (Bill Largent) will step down as CEO to focus on his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Eswaran joins Veeam from RingCentral where he was President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), inspecting exponential growth and customer expansion.

Veeam crossed $1 billion in ARR (annual recurring revenue) this year and has over 400,000 customers.

"I am excited to welcome Eswaran as Veeam's new CEO. Eswaran brings extensive experience in developing new business models, executing on market expansion and driving growth with an inclusive purpose-led and people-first culture," said Largent.

"Data is exploding and has become one of the most important assets for all organisations. As such, data management, security and protection are pivotal to the way organisations operate today, and failure to have a robust strategy can be catastrophic," said Eswaran.