SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity
leader, today announced the appointment of Aparna Bawa to the company's board of
directors.
"Aparna is a proven leader who has helped technology companies
rapidly scale, and I'm pleased to welcome her to our board," said
Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of
Palo Alto Networks. "She embodies our commitment to an experienced,
creative and diverse leadership team. Along with other distinctive
and diverse voices on our board, her unique perspectives will help
us achieve our goal of being the largest, most comprehensive,
integrated and innovative cybersecurity company in the world."
Ms. Bawa brings deep operational, financial and legal expertise,
having served in diverse roles at growing technology companies. She
is currently the chief operating officer and interim chief legal
officer of Zoom, responsible for oversight of the people
experience, government relations, security, privacy, compliance,
trust and safety, and legal functions. Ms. Bawa has also served as
Zoom's chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary. Prior to
Zoom, Ms. Bawa served as senior vice president and general counsel
of Magento Inc., an e-commerce platform company, until its
acquisition by Adobe Inc., and vice president, general counsel and
secretary of Nimble Storage Inc., which was acquired by Hewlett
Packard Enterprise. She also led the legal and corporate
development functions for Inphi Corp.
Early in her career, Ms. Bawa was an investment banker at Lehman
Brothers and Deutsche Bank, where she executed multiple equity and
debt financing transactions for technology clients. She also
practiced law as a corporate and securities attorney for
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati. Ms. Bawa holds a B.Sc. in accounting from Marquette University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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