Sophos appointed John Donovan as managing director for Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Donovan brings more than 30 years' experience in the IT industry to the company. He was most recently with ForgeRock where he was the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) senior vice president. Before joining ForgeRock, John spent five years at VMware ANZ developing the partner and general business markets. Donovan also spent 12 years at Symantec in various roles, including vice president of channel sales for APJ, managing director Symantec Pacific, and the management of distribution marketing in the US and Canada.