Sekuro has increased its team size by more than 20% in four months, to service new clients including Athena Home Loans and The University of Wollongong
03 March 2022. SYDNEY, Australia: Sekuro, a cyber security and digital resiliency solutions provider, has made a number of strategic executive appointments, including its first Chief Financial Officer, as it prepares for a watershed year of growth in 2022.
Sekuro is also announcing the signing of Athena Home Loans, IntelligenceBank and the University of Wollongong as new customers under the Sekuro brand umbrella, which has been operational for only four months.
In addition to welcoming these new clients, Sekuro has continued to expand its solutions into existing clients such as Reece Plumbing, Atlassian, and state government departments in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
Staff numbers have grown nationally too. The company has increased the size of its team by more than 20% in four months, with nearly 30 additional roles actively being recruited across the business, with plans to open in Perth later this year to service customers on the west coast.
Sekuro’s strategic executive appointments include:
- The appointment of Trent Jerome as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer. Trent joins Sekuro from his position as CFO of Identitii Ltd (ASX:ID8), and brings almost a decade of experience as the CFO of various companies including ingogo, Evolt, and SafetyCulture. Prior to those, Trent spent nearly 10 years at AAPT as Group Financial Controller and Director of M&A.
- The appointment of Jeff Sheard as Northern Region Sales Director. Jeff has been the Enterprise Business Lead at PureStorage for the past five years, having previously held senior roles at Cisco, HPE, and Avaya.
- The promotion of Noel Allnutt to the position of Managing Director. Noel was previously the Chief Sales and Strategy Officer.
Noel Allnutt, Managing Director of Sekuro, notes the reinforcement of the executive team with highly experienced leaders sets up Sekuro for continued and significant growth in 2022.
“It’s been an exciting first quarter for the Sekuro team. Since launching the brand we’ve seen continued double-digit revenue growth – surpassing our initial expectations, with a really strong trajectory for 2022. We’re seeing a lot of demand from organisations looking to think about cyber security in a new way, ” Allnutt says.
“In welcoming Trent and Jeff, we make deeper inroads into strategic digital transformation programs for some of Australia’s most innovative organisations. Building out the executive team with such talented and experienced leaders is the strongest signal we can send that we’re prepared for accelerated growth for the year ahead and beyond.”
Trent Jerome, Chief Financial Officer, said “Sekuro is doing amazing things and going from strength to strength. I look forward to the journey and supporting the business in its next phase of growth. I’m excited to become a Sekurion!”
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About Sekuro:
Founded in 2021, Sekuro is a cybersecurity and digital resiliency solutions provider that helps clients take a ‘cybersecurity first’ approach to risk mitigation and digital transformation. Sekuro builds and delivers bespoke hyper-resilient digital solutions across assurance and compliance, digital transformation and managed services that allow CIOs and CISOs to enable fearless innovation and increase competitiveness. Headquartered in Sydney, Sekuro employs more than 120 staff across the region.
To find out more visit: https://sekuro.io/