SYDNEY, Australia – June 30, 2026 – Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, today announced the appointment of Akkasha Sultan as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). Sultan will head Ping Identity’s growth strategy, customer engagement, and market expansion across one of the world’s most strategically important and rapidly evolving digital economies.
Sultan brings more than 25 years of technology leadership experience, specialising in building, transforming, and scaling high-performing enterprise businesses across the Asia Pacific region.
“We are thrilled to welcome Akkasha to Ping Identity to lead our APJ organisation during this phase of rapid expansion,” said Adnan Chaudhry, Chief Revenue Officer at Ping Identity.
“Enterprises across APJ are rapidly moving AI into production, creating new requirements for identity, governance, and trust. Akkasha’s experience scaling high-growth businesses across the region will help accelerate our next phase of growth and support customers as they navigate the AI era.”
In his new role, Sultan will spearhead Ping Identity’s business strategy and market expansion across APJ. He will oversee all regional operations, focusing on driving revenue growth and deepening enterprise client relationships as organisations navigate significant digital transformations. He joins as Ping expands its Identity for AI strategy across APJ, helping organisations securely govern AI agents and autonomous workloads alongside human identities.
“Organisations across APJ are rapidly moving from AI experimentation to deployment, and identity and governance will be critical to realising AI’s value safely,” said Sultan. “I look forward to working with our customers, partners, and teams to help them navigate that transformation while driving growth across the region.”
Most recently, Sultan held leadership roles across Salesforce and Tableau, including Vice President, Agentforce & Data Cloud in ANZ, Area Vice President for key ASEAN markets, and General Manager for Tableau’s Analytics and AI business. He partnered with many of the region’s leading organizations to harness data, AI, and digital technologies to accelerate business transformation and growth. Earlier, he held senior leadership roles at Microsoft and Oracle, helping build and scale businesses across Asia Pacific while guiding customers through major technology shifts.
About Ping Identity
At Ping Identity, we help organisations secure and manage digital identities across customers, employees, partners, and non-human entities. Whether securing millions of users, fighting fraud, simplifying third-party access, or enabling passwordless experiences, establishing trust in every digital moment shouldn’t slow you down. Our enterprise identity platform is designed for scale, flexibility, and integration across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. With our Runtime Identity capabilities, Ping enables organisations to adopt AI and automation by continuously verifying identity, context, and intent at every interaction, helping secure and govern AI agents in real time. Learn more at pingidentity.com.
