Werner Brandt has been a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all corporate financial activities as well as administration of the company. He also oversees shared services organizations and SAP Ventures.

Brandt joined SAP in February 2001 in his current position. From 1999 to 2001, he was a member of the executive board and chief financial officer of the German-American healthcare company, Fresenius Medical Care AG, where he also served as labor relations director. From 1992 to 1999, Brandt was a member of the management board of Baxter Deutschland GmbH and vice president for European operations. In this capacity, he was responsible for Baxter's financial operations in Europe.

Brandt began his career at the former Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Stuttgart, where he worked first as an auditor and then in progressively more responsible positions from 1981 to 1992.

Brandt completed his doctorate in business administration from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, in 1991, after studying business administration at the University of Nuremberg-Erlangen, Germany, from 1976 to 1981.

He is a member of the supervisory boards of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; QIAGEN N.V., Venlo, Netherlands; and of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, Germany.