Trend Micro channel chief Peter Hewett gone after less than a year

Peter Hewett has left his position as Trend Micro’s channel director, after being in the role for less than a year.

Prior to joining Trend Micro at the start of 2017, Hewett was regional sales executive, and later the country manager, of Darktrace.

He also served as Kaspersky Lab’s managing director for Asia Pacific from 2014 to 2015, following stints in Westcon and Sophos.

Hewett started in security with Sophos in 2004, and went on to hold various positions with the vendor over seven years. He served as sales director at Westcon from 2011 to 2014.

Hewett confirmed his departure to CRN, but declined to comment further. CRN has reached out to Trend Micro.

Trend Micro is distributed in Australia through Dicker Data, Tech Data, Ingram Micro and Rhipe.