Jason Pellegrino has been announced as the new managing director at Google Australia & New Zealand.
He replaces Maile Carnegie, who quit as managing director to join ANZ bank earlier this year. 
Pellegrino's background is a range of sales leadership positions in Google, which he joined in 2008. He lives in Sydney and has four children.
Although Google has some high-profile engineering units, the appointment cements the importance of the sales business to Google's local operations. Carnegie's background was at Proctor & Gamble, where she worked in the marketing and commercial function of the global FMCG giant before heading its operation in Australia.
Mr Pellegrino is a member of Google's Asia Pacific leadership team. He previously took on a co-ordination role for the leadership team in Australia after Nick Leeder, Carnegie's predecessor, left the ANZ operation to become MD at Google France, where he is still based.
Mr Pelligrino had been with Google for seven years in a variety of roles, including sales director, Australia and head of sales operations & strategy for Australia and New Zealand, a statement said.