via GRAPHIC PLUS | Manila, Philippines [March 25, 2026] – Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Nico Echavarria as director, sales management and country head for the Philippines market. Echavarria will be responsible for shaping and executing a comprehensive sales strategy for the Philippines, aligned with Vertiv’s regional and global priorities.
Echavarria’s appointment underscores Vertiv’s continued investment in the Philippines, a market experiencing rapid growth in digitalization and increasing demand for resilient, energy-efficient critical infrastructure.
In this role, he will focus on strengthening Vertiv’s engagement with customers and partners across key industries, including business process outsourcing (BPO), banking and financial services, healthcare, government, telecommunications, and enterprise, supporting their evolving infrastructure requirements amidst the backdrop of artificial intelligence and growing compute demands.
With extensive experience in energy management and infrastructure solutions, Echavarria brings deep industry insights into how organizations can design, deploy, and operate mission-critical environments that are reliable, scalable, and sustainable. His leadership will support Vertiv’s efforts to help Philippine customers enhance operational resilience and meet growing capacity and efficiency demands as digital infrastructure becomes increasingly central to business and public services.
“Nico brings a strong understanding of the Philippine market and the critical role that infrastructure plays in enabling economic growth and digital services,” said Jordan Koh, senior director, enterprise sales, emerging markets, Vertiv Asia. “His industry experience and customer-centric approach will further strengthen Vertiv’s ability to support organizations operating in highly demanding environments, where reliability, efficiency, and continuity are non-negotiable.”
Prior to joining Vertiv, Echavarria held senior leadership roles at Schneider Electric Philippines and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He led initiatives supporting customers across energy-intensive and mission-critical sectors, working closely with organizations to address challenges related to power availability, efficiency, and long-term infrastructure planning. His background includes close collaboration with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned with operational and sustainability goals.
“The Philippines is seeing strong growth in sectors that rely heavily on always-on digital and physical infrastructure. Vertiv is uniquely positioned to support these customers with its deep industry expertise and end-to-end critical power and thermal management portfolios. I look forward to working closely with customers and partners to help them build resilient, future-ready environments that support their operations and the communities they serve,” Echavarria said.
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