Zoom appoints Carlos Quaderi as Head of APAC to drive next phase of AI-powered growth
SINGAPORE, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoom Commu icatio s, I c. (NASDAQ: ZM) right now a ou ced the appoi tme t of Ca los Quade i as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC), efficient 1 August 2026, u de sco i g the compa y’s co ti ued i vestme t i APAC as a st ategic g owth egio .His appoi tme t comes as o ga isatio s ac oss APAC look beyo d sta dalo e p oductivity instruments to AI-powe ed programs that educe complexity, co ect wo kflows a d assist groups transfer mo e rapidly f om co ve satio s to completio .
Repo ti g di ectly to G aeme Geddes, Zoom’s Chief Gross sales a d G owth Workplace , Quade i’ll lead Zoom’s go-to-ma ket st ategy ac oss APAC: Aust alia a d New Zeala d (ANZ), Asia, I dia a d Ko ea, excludi g Japa .
Quade i p eviously se ved as Zoom’s Head of Asia whe e he d ove egio al st ategy, gross sales executio a d go-to-ma ket i itiatives fo Southeast Asia, Ho g Ko g SAR a d Taiwa , he’ll ow ove see the b oade APAC egio , wo ki g carefully with egio al groups a d international leade ship to adva ce the compa y’s st ategic p io ities, with a spotlight o the custome expe ie ce (CX) busi ess, small a d medium-sized busi ess (SMB) segme t, a d cha el expa sio .
A seaso ed i mud y vete a with mo e tha 30 yea s of expe ie ce, he p eviously held se io leade ship oles at Wo kday, Amazo Internet Se vices a d Mic osoft, whe e he led go-to-ma ket st ategy a d e te p ise g owth ac oss Asia Pacific a d Japa . Quade i’ll emai primarily based i Si gapo e, a d will co ti ue ove seei g Zoom’s Asia busi ess th ough the t a sitio .
“APAC is a c itical g owth egio , a d ou co ti ued i vestme t eflects the oppo tu ities we see ac oss e te p ise & SMB segme ts, CX busi ess, a d ou pa t e ecosystem,” stated Geddes. “Ca los has bee i st ume tal i buildi g ou mome tum, a d expa di g his leade ship is a atu al ext step. His deep u de sta di g of the egio , custome focus a d t ack eco d will assist mo e o ga isatio s emb ace Zoom’s AI capabilities i ways in which imp ove p oductivity, st e gthe custome elatio ships a d accele ate busi ess g owth.”
“Ac oss APAC, groups a e movi g faste tha eve , a d they eed tech ology that retains tempo with out losi g the huma eleme t a d mome tum,” stated Quade i. “I’m excited to wo ok alo gside ou custome s a d pa t e s i the egio to assist them u lock ew potentialities with Zoom’s AI-powe ed system of actio a d ope ecosystem, co ecti g co ve satio s, folks a d wo kflows so that they ca transfer faste f om concepts to affect a d obtain mea i gful busi ess outcomes.”
Zoom co ti ues to i vest ac oss the APAC egio , expa di g its pa t e ecosystem a d ope i g a ew Si gapo e workplace. By i teg ati g with existi g busi ess applicatio s, the compa y’s ope platfo m ecosystem helps o ga izatio s imp ove collabo atio , deepe huma co ectio s, a d elevate custome expe ie ces with sig atu e simplicity a d eliability.
