Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today
announced the appointment of Rachel Lane to the position of Head of
Human Resources, reporting to the board. Lane, most recently
heading up the personnel team at Foster Wheeler Energy, brings with
her more than 10 years experience in human resources.
As the Head of Human Resources, Rachel will actively reinforce
the company's mission to attract and retain the most talented
employees in its offices around the world. Her responsibilities
include aligning company-wide human resource programs with overall
corporate business objectives and strategies. She will oversee the
company's worldwide recruitment, employee relations, compensation
and benefits, employee development and management development
activities.
"In today's high tech labour market, finding, attracting and
retaining the best people is key. Rachel's corporate human
resources and senior management experience will be invaluable as
Sophos continues to grow," said Peter Lammer, CEO of Sophos
Anti-Virus. "We are looking to Rachel to enable our employees
worldwide to be an even more important factor in our success, as
Sophos continues to grow its global business."
Rachel Lane's appointment follows recently announced plans by
Sophos to build an additional high-security research and
development centre, totalling over 150,000 square feet alongside
its existing headquarters in Abingdon, UK.
Sophos is recruiting large numbers of staff in its technical,
sales and marketing departments worldwide. Details of the exciting
career opportunities are available here.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.