Yannis Daubin Appointed Google’s New Cloud Chief for Europe

Yannis Daubin Appointed Google's New Cloud Chief for Europe

Yannis Daubin has been named the new vice president of Google Cloud for the Southern EMEA region.

Based in Paris, he will oversee growth, commercial development, and hyperscaler operations for the Benelux, France, the Iberian Peninsula, Israel, and Italy.

Before joining Google Cloud, Daubin served as vice president for Southern Europe, Israel, the Middle East and Africa at Databricks. He was appointed to this role in 2023 as part of expanding the data and AI platform in Israel.

His career also includes leadership roles in sales at ServiceNow, Salesforce and Oracle. According to his LinkedIn profile, he led ServiceNow’s activities in France from 2021 to 2023, after nearly nine years at Salesforce.

A graduate of La Sorbonne and INSEAD, he is 42 years old.

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