SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 29, 2026--
Veeam® Software, the Data and AI Trust Company, today announced the appointment of Rashmi Garde as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). Garde will lead Veeam’s global legal and compliance function, providing the foundation for trust as the company scales its operational pace and governance priorities in an AI-first world.
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"At Veeam, we are building the Data and AI Trust Company, a mission that demands a legal executive who thinks like a builder and moves as an operator," said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam. "Rashmi began her career as a software engineer at Apple. That technical DNA, combined with her experience scaling legal organizations from $20 million startups to $2 billion global enterprises, makes her the perfect executive to lead our teams as we enable safe AI in the agentic era. We are delighted to welcome Rashmi to Veeam.”
Garde joins Veeam with over two decades of experience at the intersection of data, security, and transformation. Most recently, as CLO at Informatica, she navigated the company’s $8 billion acquisition by Salesforce. Her track record includes building a 75-person global legal organization at VMware through its $1 billion IPO, as well as leading Sophos through high-stakes private equity transactions and cybersecurity integrations.
"Trust is the business of the agentic era, and I am excited to join Veeam at a moment when ensuring data is understood and resilient has never been more critical," said Rashmi Garde, CLO at Veeam. "I look forward to partnering across the business to turn complexity into momentum and help the company to scale with clarity and confidence”.
Garde holds a B.A. in Computer Science and a J.D. from UC Berkeley. Her career trajectory - from engineer to attorney - has seen her build and lead legal organizations for high-growth tech leaders including VMware, Marin Software, Bloomreach, Centrify, and Sophos. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About Veeam Software
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk.
Veeam delivers deep contextual intelligence across every data asset, identity, and AI model. The company governs access for both humans and AI agents, automates privacy, compliance, and remediation processes, and protects and recovers organizations from modern threats – including ransomware, disasters, AI errors, and ensuring the restoration of clean, trusted data. Veeam empowers organizations to move beyond simply protecting data, enabling them to activate and unlock its full potential.
Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.
Rashmi Garde joins Veeam Software as Chief Legal Officer (CLO), bringing deep cybersecurity, IPO-readiness, and complex M&A experience to scale Veeam’s global legal organization.
LONDON (AP) — A 45-year-old man was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's Jewish community.
Essa Suleiman was remanded into custody after appearing in Westminster Magistrates' Court to face two counts related to the attack in Golders Green. He also faces a third count of attempted murder over an incident elsewhere in the city earlier Wednesday that left a man with minor injuries.
Police have labeled the Golders Green attack an act of terrorism.
Suleiman, a Somalia-born British citizen who lives in London, did not enter a plea. His case was transferred to the Central Criminal Court for a May 15 hearing.
Prosecutor Emma Harraway said Suleiman attacked Ishmail Hussein, his friend of 20 years, in south London before taking a train to the north part of the city where he targeted Jews hours later.
Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
“As Mr. Shine adjusted his kippah, Suleiman ran towards him and set upon him, launching a series of aggressive blows," Harraway said.
Rand was discharged from the hospital and Shine is in stable condition.
Police said Suleiman was referred in 2020 to the government’s Prevent program, which tries to steer individuals away from extremism. The police force said his file was closed later the same year, and didn’t disclose the reason for the referral.
The British government pledged to tackle antisemitism after the stabbings in an area in north London that is an epicenter of Britain’s Jewish community. The assault followed a string of arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in London in recent weeks.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government would increase security for the Jewish community and “do everything in our power to stamp this hatred out.”
Britain’s official terror threat level was raised from substantial to severe after Wednesday’s stabbing attack. Severe is the second-highest rung on a five-point scale and means intelligence agencies consider an attack highly likely in the next six months.
The government said the change was not due solely to the Golders Green attack but also due to increased danger “from Islamist and extreme right-wing terrorist threat from individuals and small groups based in the U.K.”
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, right, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, 2nd left, speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Thursday April 30, 2026, following an attack on Wednesday in which two men were stabbed. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)
Police on duty outside Golders Green tube station in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Two men walk in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
People look out of a window near the scene where two people were stabbed the previous day in the Golders Green neighbourhood, which has a large Jewish community, in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
