· Gitte Hemmingsen joins Logpoint as SVP People & Culture to support efficient growth at scale.
· Hemmingsen will join the executive management team and report to newly appointed CEO, Mikkel Drucker.
COPENHAGEN & LONDON, June 25, 2024 – Logpoint is announcing that Gitte Hemmingsen has joined the company as SVP People & Culture. Hemmingsen will be responsible for overseeing and supporting an engaged and competent workforce and attracting key cybersecurity talent as Logpoint grows. She will join the executive management team and report to the company’s newly appointed CEO, Mikkel Drucker.
“I’m excited that Gitte is joining Logpoint. She has a strong set of values and is an experienced People and HR leader with impressive results from both large organisations, startups and scaleups,” says Mikkel Drucker, Logpoint CEO. “A value-driven and healthy organisation with psychological safety, strong sense of belongingness and feedback culture is important to support our journey to become a European cybersecurity powerhouse. Gitte’s experiences and subject knowledge is a perfect fit because she can navigate working between strategic and operational levels effectively.”
Hemmingsen has more than 20 years of experience in HR and People & Culture and notable accomplishments in talent acquisition, scaling businesses, and developing People & Culture strategies. She joins Logpoint after two years as Director of People & Culture at Liewood, a children’s design and lifestyle brand that has seen high growth.
Before that, she spent six years at the founder-led SaaS company Siteimprove as Vice President of Global HR. There she spearheaded the substantial onboarding of new employees and built a strong culture and HR function from the ground up to support significant growth towards the completion of the successful acquisition by Nordic Capital. Previously, she has held leadership and consulting positions within HR at PwC, Alecto-Cornerstone and Moment.
“I have a special passion for scaleups and technology and thrive in the cross-field between creating a healthy organisation and supporting business results,” says Hemmingsen, Logpoint SVP People & Culture. “As a cybersecurity vendor, Logpoint can help European organisations defend against cyberattacks that impact society extensively today. Logpoint also aims to be recognised as a great place to work in Europe and to create a strong talent hub. With that comes enormous potential which my experience is well-geared towards and I’m delighted to join Logpoint at this stage on in its journey.”
Logpoint is a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) provider with behaviour analytics, automation and case management technologies in its portfolio. The solutions help organisations in the mid-market and the Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) who serve them detect, investigate and respond to cyber threats, while complying with expanding data and cybersecurity regulations across Europe.
Logpoint solutions are built with European regulations and data protection in mind. For example, Logpoint is the only European SIEM vendor with a Common Criteria EAL3+ certification, representing that its systems are robust and prepared for emerging threats.
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About Logpoint
Logpoint helps organisations and partners protect against cyber attacks and streamline security operations by combining sophisticated technology and a profound understanding of customer challenges. Logpoint’s threat detection, investigation and response solution based on converged SIEM, UEBA, and SOAR technologies empower European organisations to achieve security outcomes across any premise through high-quality data, continuously updated security content, flexible deployment options, and industry-best predictable licensing. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Logpoint has a European foundation and is the only European SIEM vendor with a Common Criteria EAL3+ certification, demonstrating its strengthened focus on data protection and adherence to data and cybersecurity regulations. For more information, visit http://www.logpoint.com.
