Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, has appointed Keith Kenneth as Sales Director for South Africa.

As Sales Director, Kenneth is tasked with creating a high-performance culture within Hitachi Vantara’s local sales organisation and driving success through the delivery of business outcomes for the company’s key customers and stakeholders.

“A major part of our focus is helping customers achieve their specific business objectives by engaging them on discussions around data centre modernisation, intelligent data governance and data driven insights. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in the ICT sector to the table, Keith is ideally placed to help drive those conversations,” says Alexander Jenewein, Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenneth joins Hitachi Vantara from BCX, where he served as an Executive in the Technology Transformational Solutions Division.

“Over the past year, Hitachi Vantara has significantly strengthened its value proposition, particularly when it comes to helping customers achieve their business objectives by tapping into the full potential of their data. I look forward to leveraging this proposition in order to accelerate local business growth and drive greater levels of excellence within our sales team,” he concludes.