Kesavan Nair

Kesavan Nair is the VP, Global Cloud Sales at Neo4j. Kesavan has over 18 years of experience in sales and business development and has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elastic, and Neo4j.

Nair started their career at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2012 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the AWS APAC Rookie of the year in 2013 and AWS ASEAN MVP of the year in 2014. Kesavan was promoted to director, global cloud alliances in 2016 and led the team responsible for increasing adoption of AWS solutions across Google, Microsoft, and AWS. In 2019, they were honored as the Google Cloud Technology Partner of the year.

In 2020, Nair joined Neo4j as the VP, Global Cloud Sales where they are responsible for leading Neo4j’s sales efforts across all channels and geographies.

Kesavan Nair has completed a High Potential Leadership Program from Harvard Business School Executive Education. Kesavan also holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology from the National University of Singapore. Furthermore, they are certified by LinkedIn in Introduction to Data Science, Neo4j in Neo4j Certified Professional, Amazon Web Services (AWS) in AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Google in Business Transformation with Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level, Amazon Web Services in AWS Public Relations Certified Speaker, Amazon Web Services in AWS Business Professional, and Amazon Web Services in AWS Technical Professional.

Their manager is Fawad Zakariya, SVP, Business Development and Corporate Development. They work with Medina Miyan - Sales Development Representative, Fredrik Johansson - Head of Sales, Nordics, and Brock Alston - Director of Sales, Western Region.