Mimecast Limited announced the appointment of Rafe Brown to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective September 13, 2022. Brown will oversee the strategy, operating model and transformation initiatives that will guide Mimecast through its next stage of accelerated growth, focused on providing an enhanced customer and partner experience. Peter Bauer will maintain his current role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), driving Mimecast's Work Protected™ vision and expanding the company's global mission to help organizations combat cybercrime through innovation.

Previously serving as Mimecast's Chief Financial Officer, Brown joined the organization in February 2019 and has more than 20 years' experience leading high growth software companies. Prior to moving to the East Coast, Brown was a Senior Vice President of Finance at Salesforce and a Senior Manager at Cisco Systems. Brown also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of SevOne Inc., a provider of digital infrastructure management solutions. Before SevOne, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer of Pegasystems Inc., a publicly traded global business process management software provider.