SAP ANZ Senior Executive Team

Tim Ebbeck
President and Chief Executive Officer, SAP Australia & New Zealand

Tim joined SAP in 2003 as Chief Financial and Commercial Officer for SAP ANZ; in 2005 his role was expanded to Chief Operating Officer.

In January 2007, Tim was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for SAP across Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Tim led the regional deal crafting and commercial development team, and lead strategic planning and execution.

Tim has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years. He joined SAP from TMP Worldwide where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that Tim was CFO for Compaq Computer and Investment Director at Compaq's Venture Capital Fund. Tim has also held senior executive roles at Unisys, Tandem Computers, and GEC ALSTHOM Australia Limited.

Ian Black
Chief Operating Officier

Ian Black oversees the operational financial activities of the SAP business in Australia and New Zealand. His role covers core sales operations, business processes, finance, legal and contracts. He also plays a role in deal structuring and contract negotiation.

Ian has most recently held the position of Managing Director for SAP New Zealand. During his time at SAP he has been responsible for the development of a number of business areas, including starting and running SAP New Zealand in 1994 and developing a very successful Financial Services division for SAP Australia.

Allan Fairhurst
Chief Commercial Officer

Based in Melbourne, Allan Fairhurst leads the business of SAP enterprise sales.

Prior to joining SAP in 2004, Allan held a variety of senior management positions in Australia, Singapore and Canada.

With significant industry experience, he leads our teams across industries and borders, strengthening SAP's capabilities in the Australian market.

Graeme Riley
Managing Director, SAP New Zealand

Graeme Riley took on the role of Managing Director, SAP New Zealand in January 2009. Graeme joined SAP from Infor where he was VP Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. He was responsible for Infor's strategic solutions and channels businesses across the region.

Graeme has extensive enterprise software experience, a successful track record in leading software businesses throughout Asia Pacific and deep knowledge of the New Zealand market.

Bruce McKinnon
Director, Field Services

Bruce is responsible for delivering consulting and education services, helping SAP customers maximise the value of their investment through their implementation, SAP training, change management and skills transfer. Joining SAP from IBM in 2007, Bruce has been working within the SAP ecosystem since 1991 and was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Deb Travers
Director, Human Resources

Deb is responsible for managing SAP‘s business and staff to enable the success of the organisation through its people. This involves developing and leading staff engagement, employee retention and career development programs.

Deb has nine years HR experience at senior management level in multinational organisations across a diverse range of industries, including Information Technology; Professional Services; FMCG; CPG and Retail.

Mark Hettler,
Director, Active Global Support

Mark is responsible for SAP‘s support and maintenance business, which services customers and their SAP products in the ANZ region. This role includes the additional responsibility of both SAP‘s proactive support service and the company‘s premium maintenance activities, including supporting customers during software upgrades.

Mark and his team of 48 work closely with customers to improve the efficiency and stability of their SAP environments, which benefits customers by helping them leverage and maximise their investments in SAP systems.

Mark first joined SAP in 2006 as Active Global Performance Centre of Expertise (CoE) Manager. Prior to joining SAP, he worked with IBM Global Business Services for over eight years.

Mark has worked in the IT industry for over 15 years and has previously worked in global and national institutions such as BHP Billiton, Lend Lease and the Australian Taxation Office.

Jeremy Goddard,
General Manager, New South Wales

Jeremy is responsible for managing SAP sales and presales for the NSW branch, as well as overseeing all revenues, costs, and profit and loss reporting. In his current role, Jeremy‘s overarching objective is to drive SAP‘s mid-size and large enterprise sales, leveraging and cross-selling to existing customer networks.

Prior to his role at SAP, Jeremy was Managing Director at Progress Software for Australia and New Zealand. During his employment there, Jeremy developed and implemented an operating plan that focused the business on accelerating growth through larger deals, closer customer interaction and partners. He also managed the roll-out of a standardised sales process to increase forecast accuracy and assisted in the restructuring of the business by developing a specialist Financial Markets team; reinvigorating the Enterprise Infrastructure team and hiring a new CFO and services director.

Jeremy is a graduate of the University of New South Wales and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing Major).

Steve Thompson,
General Manager, ACT and Federal Government

Steve is responsible for managing multi-disciplinary areas of SAP including sales and presales, marketing, resources and adminisatraion for Federal Government clients and the ACT branch. In his current role, Steve‘s main objective is to build business relationships with Federal Government and ACT clients, while continuing to leverage SAP products and services in the region.

Steve is a Bachelor of Arts graduate from the University of New South Wales. He studied at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and served in the Australian Defence Force Army for 10 years.

Mike Robinson,
General Manager, Southern Region

Mike is responsible for SAP sales and solution architects in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, as well as the ongoing support of the region‘s existing accounts. His key goal is to assist customers to maximise the value of their SAP investments and grow SAP‘s Southern Region business.

Having joined SAP as an Account Executive in 1995, Mike contributed to SAP‘s tremendous growth before departing in 2001. Mike rejoined SAP in 2005. Prior to rejoining SAP, Mike held senior positions at Tibco, KPMG Consulting and Bearing Point.

One of Mike‘s career highlights includes proposing SAP‘s carbon footprint solution as a global initiative, which has been a strong personal career focus in recent years and is now an SAP solution. Mike has a Degree in Computer Science from RMIT University.