Executive Board

The Executive Board is the governing body of SAP. Subject to the requirements of stock corporation law, the Executive Board is committed to SAP's interests and bound by SAP company policy. It provides the Supervisory Board with regular, prompt, and comprehensive reports about all essential issues of business, corporate strategy, and potential risks.

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  • Bill McDermott

    Co-CEO

    • Joined SAP: 2002
    • Appointed to Executive Board: 2008
    • Current Executive Board term expires: 2017
      Special responsibilities:
    • Strategy, governance, corporate development, and innovation
    • Sales, field services, consulting, and ecosystem activities
    • Communications and marketing

    Other board memberships: Board of Directors, ANSYS, Inc., Canonsburg, PA, USA; and Board of Directors, Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA

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  • Jim Hagemann Snabe

    Co-CEO

    • Joined SAP: 1990
    • Appointed to Executive Board: 2008
    • Current Executive Board term expires: 2017
      Special responsibilities:
    • Strategy, governance, corporate development, and innovation
    • Products and solutions development
    • Communications and marketing

    Other board memberships: Board of Directors, Bang & Olufsen a/s, Struer, Denmark and Board of Directors, Thrane & Thrane A/S, Lyngby, Denmark

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  • Werner Brandt

     

    • Chief Financial Officer, Labor Relations Director (acting)
    • Joined SAP: 2001
    • Appointed to Executive Board: 2001
    • Current Executive Board term expires: 2013
      Special responsibilities:
    • Finance and administration, including Investor Relations and Data Protection & Privacy; Human Resources (acting)

    Other board memberships: Supervisory Board, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and Supervisory Board, QIAGEN N.V., Venlo, The Netherlands

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  • Lars Dalgaard

     

    • Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SuccessFactors
    • Joined SAP: February 2012
    • Appointed to Executive Board: April 2012
    • Current Board Term Expires: 2017
      Special responsibilities:
    • Cloud-related strategy, development, marketing, and sales

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  • Gerhard Oswald

     

    • Joined SAP: 1981
    • Appointed to Executive Board: 1996
    • Current Executive Board term expires: 2014
      Special responsibilities:
    • Application Development
    • Installed Base Maintenance and Support
    • End to End Services
    • Active Global Support
    • OnPremise Delivery COO

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  • Vishal Sikka

     

    • Joined SAP: 2002
    • Appointed to Executive Board: 2010
    • Current Executive Board term expires: 2017
      Special responsibilities:
    • Innovation
    • Technology and architecture across the company
    • Global research

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