Ben Henshall appointed SUSE GM for Australia & NZ

SUSE has announced the appointment of Ben Henshall as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand.

Ben Henshall, with a background in enterprise IT from previous roles at Red Hat, Oracle, and Denodo, will lead SUSE's strategic growth initiatives in the region. Speaking about the challenges faced by organisations in Australia and New Zealand, Henshall said, "Cloud spending is surging, and organisations are juggling the complexity of managing multiple cloud providers, legacy systems, rising cyber threats and tapping into AI, all while under immense pressure to cut costs and boost productivity."

He commented on SUSE's approach, noting, "SUSE stands out as a strategic enabler to target these issues head on, through the fundamentally unique approach to simplifying, unifying and securing multiple linux and container systems for almost any workload, anywhere." Henshall emphasised SUSE's unique offering: "What stands SUSE apart from our competitors and helps organisations address these issues, is through our open architecture and subscription model - no forced migrations, no forced proprietary lock-ins. SUSE puts the control of clients' IT productivity securely back into their hands."

Ben Henshall has held various leadership roles throughout his career. At Denodo, where he most recently worked, he served as Regional Vice President and General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, overseeing sales, partners and alliances, customer success, marketing, and general operations.

This appointment comes as SUSE responds to an evolving IT landscape in Australia and New Zealand. Josep Garcia, General Manager for APAC at SUSE, stated, "This appointment comes at a vital moment for SUSE as A/NZ organisations face an increasingly complex IT landscape. With Ben's leadership and SUSE's ability to manage diverse IT ecosystems—from legacy systems to cloud-native platforms—we're uniquely positioned to support South Pacific organizations as they drive innovation, reduce costs, and tackle today's IT challenges head-on."