Trend Micro Inc. announced the appointment of Ihab Moawad as Vice President for Trend Micro Middle East, Africa and Mediterranean with immediate effect from May 10, 2013. Moawad joins Trend Micro at a time when cloud security and consumerization are a major concern for IT managers across the Middle East. His priority will be to continue delivering Trend Micro's value-added security solutions to help protect regional organizations.

Moawad will also focus on further growing the company, as well as strengthening and building its already robust distribution and channel model. Trend Micro's channel ecosystem will also be a top priority for Moawad. Moawad brings a wealth of in-depth experience to his new post, with more than 22 years of international experience in the IT and Telecom industry.