Stormshield announces the appointment of Bertrand Trastour as Head of Global Sales, to lead the company's growth strategy and enhance Stormshield's position as a major player in the cybersecurity sector in Europe and worldwide.
Recognised and proven expertise
Having previously served as Managing Director for France, North, West and Central Africa at Kaspersky, Bertrand Trastour will head up the sales and pre-sales teams, drawing on 30 years' experience in sales and management in the cybersecurity sector. In his new role, he will bring to bear his knowledge of the market, sales strategies and the management of distributor and integrator partner networks.A graduate of IHEDN and Audencia Business School, his career path has taken him to positions as sales engineer and sales manager at Arkoon, Citrix Systems, Avanquest Software and Asap Software.
In 2013, he joined Kaspersky as head of key account sales, before being appointed director of B2B sales in 2018. From 1 January 2021, he was Managing Director of Kaspersky France, North, West and Central Africa.
"We are delighted that Bertrand Trastour has joined Stormshield as Head of Global Sales and member of the Executive Committee, said Pierre-Yves Hentzen, CEO of Stormshield. Bertrand brings us his experience, his dynamism and a hands-on culture that will make us more responsive to our customers, users and partners."
Customer satisfaction at the heart of our strategy
In his new role, Bertrand Trastour will play an active part in Stormshield's growth strategy, focusing on customer satisfaction through solutions tailored to their security needs.
"In a cyber landscape marked by an exponential increase in the number of polymorphous attacks and a fragmenting cyberspace, trust, resilience and digital sovereignty must now, more than ever, play a central role in the strategic choices made by European businesses and institutions," Bertrand adds.
