California-based global venture and growth equity firm Accel Partners has announced the appointment of Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as chief executive-in-residence.
California-based global venture and growth equity firm Accel Partners has announced the appointment of Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as chief executive-in-residence.
Cassidy (pictured) joins Accel from Google where she served most recently as president for Asia-Pacific and Latin American operations.
In this role, she was responsible for all of Google’s commercial operations in both regions, and built the company’s presence from inception to its current scale serving users, advertisers and partners across 40 domains and 103 different countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America.
‘Having already worked with the Accel team as a Google executive and an entrepreneur, I know first-hand Accel’s approach to engaging and supporting their companies,’ says Cassidy. ‘Accel’s portfolio of category-transforming digital media companies such as AdMob, Etsy, Facebook, Glam Media, Kayak, and others creates a rich set of opportunities for marketplace dialog and new category creation.’
Cassidy has a long-standing relationship with Accel having co-founded Accel-backed Yodlee, a company in the internet financial application and online banking space. As chief executive-in-residence, Cassidy will be evaluating new venture and growth equity opportunities in partnership with Accel in addition to working with companies in Accel’s digital media and advertising portfolio.
‘Sukhinder’s reputation as an entrepreneurial leader in both start-ups and Google are well known in the industry,’ says Jim Breyer, partner, Accel Partners. ‘We’re very pleased to have Sukhinder join the Accel team.’
Prior to running Asia Pacific and Latin America, Cassidy joined Google in 2003 as the first general manager for Google Local & Maps, helping to launch these new services, then expanding her responsibilities to lead the company’s strategic partnerships for Google Books, Scholar, and Video.
From 1999-2003, Cassidy was co-founder and senior vice president of business development for Yodlee.com, a solutions provider to the global financial services industry.
