Darktrace Appoints Suman Raju as CFO, Hein Hellemons as CRO

Darktrace is expanding its executive committee with the appointments of Suman Raju as chief financial officer and Hein Hellemons as chief revenue officer.

Raju and Hellemons will report to Darktrace CEO Jill Popelka, the company said Monday.

“I’m thrilled to welcome Suman and Hein to the executive team,” Popelka stated. Hein leads with a deep focus on customer excellence, and Suman brings exceptional global finance experience from high-growth software businesses. Their expertise will be critical as we continue to scale and transform.”

Who Is Suman Raju?

Raju brings to the company extensive leadership experience in the technology industry. Before joining Darktrace, he served as CFO at Ivalua for nearly five years. He also held the CFO roles at Crownpeak and SAP Ariba.

Earlier in his career, he worked at Cbeyond, Industrial Distribution Group and AT&T Mobility.

Raju succeeds Cathy Graham, who has served as Darktrace’s CFO since 2020.

Who Is Hein Hellemons?

Meanwhile, Hellemons has over 25 years of experience in leadership positions at global cybersecurity and technology companies. He most recently served at KnowBe4. His resume also includes positions at SecurityScorecard, VMware, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, MCI Worldcom and Compaq.

He succeeds Denise Walter, who has been CRO since 2023.

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