Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced the appointment of Sajan Paul as General Manager – India for HPE Networking, with immediate effect. In his new role, Paul will oversee strategy, operations, and business expansion for the company’s networking portfolio in India, with an emphasis on intelligent, secure networking solutions that support enterprise modernization across sectors.
Mr Paul brings close to 30 years of experience across the telecom and networking landscape. Prior to joining HPE, he served as Managing Director and Country Manager for Juniper Networks in India and the SAARC region, where he led regional strategy, revenue performance, and sales execution. His career includes senior leadership roles spanning engineering and go-to-market functions, working extensively with telecom service providers, large enterprises, and public-sector organizations, including government, defence, and education. He has previously held leadership positions at Cisco Systems, and earlier in his career worked with Nortel and Avaya.
Commenting on the appointment, Mark Ablett, Vice President – Asia Pacific and Japan, HPE Networking, said that as enterprises accelerate adoption of AI-led technologies, networking has become central to building scalable and resilient digital environments. He added that Paul’s leadership and market expertise will play a key role in strengthening customer engagement and advancing HPE Networking’s innovation roadmap in India.
Mr Paul said he is joining HPE at a time when networking is rapidly evolving to meet the demands of AI-driven infrastructure. He noted that his focus will be on helping customers modernize their networks with confidence, working closely with partners to deliver secure, high-performance, and self-managing networking solutions that support business growth and long-term resilience.
HPE (NYSE: HPE) delivers enterprise technology that helps organizations operate efficiently, adapt to change, and grow. By bringing together AI, cloud, and networking, HPE supports customers across industries in improving performance, gaining insight from data, and achieving measurable results.
