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Meet the SAP Africa Executive Team

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Pfungwa Serima

CEO, SAP Africa

Joined SAP: 2008.
In his role as CEO of SAP Africa - Pfungwa Serima oversees SAP’s business interests in the African Continent which is made up of 4 Regions namely; Southern Africa Region, West Africa Region, East Africa Region and Francophone Africa Region. Prior to joining SAP Africa, Pfungwa worked for other leading ICT companies such as Microsoft and Accenture and he has more than 18 years of experience that cuts across both public and private sector organizations.
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Richard Edet

Regional MD, West Africa Region

Joined SAP: 2011.
Richard Edet is responsible for creating a solid foundation to sustain SAP’s growth in West Africa and comes with extensive experience from other leading international ICT companies.
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Derek Kudsee

COO, SAP Africa

Joined SAP: 2006.
Derek Kudsee started in the role of SME Director and in February 2011 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer SAP Africa. In this role Derek is responsible for leading Strategic Operations that will further build the SAP brand as a top ICT provider across the African continent, such as Sales Operations Support, Marketing, Value Engineering, Strategic Alliance Management, Strategic Business Development, Corporate Affairs and Strategic Initiatives.
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Marius Moantsoga

Regional MD, Francophone Africa Region

Joined SAP: 2011.
Marius Moantsoga has been in the industry for just over 14 years and also worked for other leading IT related companies in different countries including Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Nigeria. Marius will oversee the region and ensure that the revenue targets are achieved, grow the SAP market within Africa, develop the channel and build a sustainable business for SAP in Francophone West Africa.
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Desmond Nair

Ecosystems and Channel Director, SAP Africa

Joined SAP: 2011.
In his role, Desmond Nair is managing SAP’s extensive partner network across Africa, ensuring that SAP’s growing ‘ecosystem’ is supported and developed. Prior to joining SAP Africa, Nair spent over a decade in a leading Software company, where he oversaw the development of the company’s business in both the South African and Gulf Region.
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Brett Parker

Regional MD, Southern Africa Region (SADC)

Re-joined SAP: 2009.
Brett Parket took on the role as Regional Managing Director in January 2012. He has great experience in the SAP related markets. Prior to his recent role he was the Vice-President of SAP Emerging Markets Ecosystem & Channels for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).
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Deena Pillay

CFO, SAP Africa

Joined SAP: 2012.
Deena Pillay is a Chartered Accountant with over twelve years of experience in the ICT sector. As the CFO, Pillay focuses on supporting and guiding the SAP leadership in the Africa market. In addition he manages the IT and Facilities support teams.
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Siphiwe Sibanda

HR Director, SAP Africa

Joined SAP: 2009.
Siphiwe Sibanda is responsible for supporting SAP's business growth strategy in Africa and enabling the success of the organisation through its human capital initiatives. Her focus areas include recruitment, retaining top talent, training and development, leading successful employee engagements forums and building leadership readiness through career development plans. In addition, Siphiwe is tasked to drive the SAP Human Capital strategy which is designed to ensure that employee’s feel valued, motivated, inspired, engaged and most importantly self driven.
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Andrew Waititu

Regional MD, East Africa Region

Joined SAP: 2010.
Having previously worked for other leading ICT companies in the Middle East and Africa, Andrew Waititu is responsible for business development in East Africa, where he will also ensure that SAP's expansion strategy is aligned with the region's broader development plans while strengthening SAP's presence in this growing market.
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