WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP
SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that the Supervisory Board
appointed Julia White and
Scott Russell to the Executive
Board. White will take a new Executive Board role as chief
marketing and solutions officer. Russell will head SAP's Customer
Success organization. He will succeed Adaire Fox-Martin, who has informed the
Supervisory Board that she will depart the company at the end of
the month.
"We are very pleased to have both Julia and Scott join the
Executive Board to help continue SAP's strategic direction," said
Professor Hasso Plattner, chairman
of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE. "We would also like to thank
Adaire for her long-standing contribution to the company."
White joins SAP after spending nearly 20 years at Microsoft
Corporation where she led product marketing for Microsoft Azure
over the past five years. Previously White was responsible for
product marketing for Microsoft Office 365 during the transition to
the cloud. The U.S. citizen, 47, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree
from Stanford. White will be based in
the United States and has been
appointed to the Executive Board for a three-year-term effective
March 1. She will strengthen SAP's
go-to-market approach with a focus on product, industry
and digital marketing, as well as focus on bridging customer and
ecosystem needs with product development.
"SAP is going through a critical transformation," said White.
"It has a unique opportunity to help redefine how successful
businesses run, and the leadership team has made bold and
courageous commitments to accelerate their cloud innovation to this
end. I am excited to contribute to that journey and thank the
Supervisory Board for their confidence in me."
Russell brings more than 20 years of experience in sales,
management, consulting and technology to his new role. As president
of SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), he was responsible for SAP's
extensive business growth and presence expansion in the APJ region
for the past three years. Under his leadership, APJ has
evolved to become one of SAP's fastest-growing cloud markets
globally. He has held several senior leadership positions across
SAP and joined SAP from IBM in 2010. The Australian national, 47,
has been appointed to the Executive Board for a three-year term
effective February 1. Russell
will continue to evolve SAP's sales and services strategy —
always putting customer success first and accelerating the
company's collaboration with the ecosystem.
"I am honored and would like to thank the Supervisory Board for
putting trust in me," said Russell. "With our industry-leading
team, I will build on the great foundation laid by Adaire, who has
my deepest respect for the leadership and foresight she
demonstrated during our many years of close collaboration. Our
future is bright, driving and accelerating the strategic digital
transformation of our customers around the world."
"I could not be happier to have these two exceptional leaders
join our Executive Board," said Christian
Klein, CEO of SAP SE and member of the Executive Board.
"Julia and Scott bring outstanding customer
empathy coupled with strong experience in transformation and
innovation. This sets us up perfectly for delivering on our
strategic commitment to maximize customer success, foster
co-innovation and amplify stakeholder value. The Executive Board
and I welcome Julia and Scott. "
Klein continued: "Adaire has been a trusted partner for many
years. She has always been an inspirational and empathetic leader.
In 2020, she initiated the transformation of our sales,
services and partner organization into what is now Customer
Success. I wish her all the best."
"It has been a great privilege to drive SAP's success over the
past years," said Fox-Martin. "With the first phase of the Customer
Success transformation now complete, the stage is set for SAP's
vision to be realized. I wish Christian, the Executive Board and
SAP's talented team every success as they drive the company
forward."
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