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Astaro Appoints New Board Member and Chief Financial Officer
Frank Nellissen joins Astaro taking over responsibility for finance, internal IT and HR
Reading, UK – Astaro Corporation, the leading European UTM vendor, announced that it has supplemented its management team with Frank Nellissen, an experienced senior executive with extensive financial, operational and business management experience. Previously with a publicly listed Industry Holding Company as Chief Financial Officer, Frank Nellissen now takes over the position of Chief Financial Officer at Astaro.
Frank Nellissen is responsible for finance, internal IT and HR, and has broad experience in financial, operational and business management with a wide spectrum of organizations. He joined Astaro from CfC Industriebeteiligungen, where he served as Managing Director / CFO since 2007. Prior to this position, Frank held the position of CEO at Consumer Imaging specialist AgfaPhoto. Before that, he served as CFO for the Online Business of Arcor, the fixed-line broadband business of UK’s Vodafone group. In addition to Master's degrees in economics and business administration, Frank Nellissen also holds a PhD in economics.
About Astaro
With over 60,000 installations worldwide, Astaro protects business, school, healthcare and government networks against IT security threats. Astaro combines the latest technologies in all-in-one solutions that are easy to deploy and manage. Distributed by a global network of certified partners, Astaro provides complete protection for headquarters, branch offices and data centers. Founded in 2000, Astaro, now a Sophos company, continues to be a leading vendor in the fast-growing market for Unified-Threat-Management. More information on www.astaro.com.
Profile and Portraits
Jan Hichert - ZIP ![]()
Sr. VP & General Manager, NS
Gert Hansen - ZIP ![]()
Chief Software Architect, NS
Markus Hennig - ZIP ![]()
Chief Technology Officer, NS
Frank Nellissen - ZIP ![]()
Vice President Finance, NS
Günter Junk - ZIP ![]()
Sr. VP Sales & Marketing, NS
Richard Walford - ZIP ![]()
Vice President of Engineering, NS
Ralf Haubrich - ZIP ![]()
VP Channel Sales & SMB, NS
André Scheffknecht - ZIP ![]()
Vice President EMEA, NS
Claudia Seeger - ZIP ![]()
Director Marketing EMEA, NS


