Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Wednesday announced that Bhawna Agarwal has been appointed to the role of senior vice president and managing director of HPE in India. The new appointment will be effective immediately.
She will be reporting to the executive vice president and chief sales officer Heiko Meyer.
Agarwal assumed leadership of HPE’s India business from Som Satsangi, who retired from HPE after more than 27 years. He will remain with HPE through the end of July 2025 to ensure a smooth transition, the company said.
Satsangi had become managing director of HPE India in 2016, leading HPE's second-largest employee base worldwide.
Agarwal joined HPE in 2019 to lead the compute business unit and growth team, and had been leading account management and industry verticals for India for a year. She is a business executive with over 25 years of experience in digital startups, media houses, and large consumer tech companies.
Recently, Agarwal and Satsangi, celebrated the inauguration of HPE’s 6001st ‘Made in India’ server as part of HPE’s “Make in India” initiative with the Indian IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Agarwal, in a statement said, "I look forward to building on the strong foundation laid by Som and continuing to drive growth, scaling our impact and innovation in the region."
NYSE-listed Texas-headquartered HPE provides edge-to-cloud, enterprise compute IT, data, and security solutions, and innovates across networking, hybrid cloud, and AI.
She will be reporting to the executive vice president and chief sales officer Heiko Meyer.
Agarwal assumed leadership of HPE’s India business from Som Satsangi, who retired from HPE after more than 27 years. He will remain with HPE through the end of July 2025 to ensure a smooth transition, the company said.
Satsangi had become managing director of HPE India in 2016, leading HPE's second-largest employee base worldwide.
Agarwal joined HPE in 2019 to lead the compute business unit and growth team, and had been leading account management and industry verticals for India for a year. She is a business executive with over 25 years of experience in digital startups, media houses, and large consumer tech companies.
Recently, Agarwal and Satsangi, celebrated the inauguration of HPE’s 6001st ‘Made in India’ server as part of HPE’s “Make in India” initiative with the Indian IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw,
Agarwal, in a statement said, "I look forward to building on the strong foundation laid by Som and continuing to drive growth, scaling our impact and innovation in the region."
NYSE-listed Texas-headquartered HPE provides edge-to-cloud, enterprise compute IT, data, and security solutions, and innovates across networking, hybrid cloud, and AI.
