Mimecast Announces New CEO

Mimecast announced the appointment of Marc van Zadelhoff as CEO, with co-founder and current CEO Peter Bauer transitioning to the Board and serving as an active advisor; van Zadelhoff, formerly CEO of Devo and a founder/executive of IBM Security, will begin January 22 and plans to engage customers, partners, and employees while continuing product innovation. The release highlights Mimecast’s mission in email and collaboration security, its customer base of over 40,000 organizations, and its solutions for proactive threat detection, brand protection, awareness training, and data retention.