Ground Labs appoints Nellie Manktelow as CEO

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 -- The global expert in sensitive data discovery, Ground Labs has appointed Nellie Manktelow as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.

In the same statement, the company also announced that co-founders Peter Duthie and Stephen Cavey have assumed the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Evangelist roles, respectively.

Manktelow comes from a deeply rooted background in investment banking, previously working at European banks in Singapore, Hong Kong and London for over 12 years.

Before joining Ground Labs, she was the Director of Business Management at the Royal Bank of Scotland, responsible for the Asia Pacific region.

In Ground Labs, she has helped the company grow aggressively year-over-year in both revenue and headcount.

She has conducted business development research in key target markets, opened subsidiary entities in EMEA, North America and ANZ regions and helped place Ground Labs on the global map.

 In tandem with Manktelow’s appointment, Ground Labs has recently tapped Nazirah Akhtar as Head of Finance, Daphne Chaing as Head of Human Resources and Greg Kopotic as Global Head of Marketing, expanding its bench of veteran leaders.

-- BERNAMA