EXECUTIVE BOARD

leadership

Henning Kagermann

Chief Executive Officer

customers

Léo Apotheker

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Henning Kagermann joined SAP in 1982 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 1991. As chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, he has overall responsibility for SAP’s strategy and business development, and also oversees the areas of product development for large enterprises, global communications, internal audit, and top talent management.

Léo Apotheker joined SAP in 1988 and has been a member of the
Executive Board and president of global Customer Solutions & Operations since 2002. In his role, he is responsible for all of SAP’s customer operations, including sales, consulting, education, marketing, and partner management. He was president of SAP EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) from 1999 to 2002.

Werner Brandt joined SAP in 2001 and has been a member of the SAP Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer since then. He is responsible for finance and administration, shared services, SAP Ventures, global intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions.

people

Claus E. Heinrich

Labor Relations Director  

service

Gerhard Oswald  

Claus E. Heinrich joined SAP in 1987 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 1996. He is responsible for the areas of internal information technology (IT), the management of all SAP Labs worldwide, and internal business processes. Since 1998, he has served as the Executive Board member in charge of employee relations, and is therefore responsible for global human resources (HR) and labor relations at SAP.

Gerhard Oswald joined SAP in 1981 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 1996. He is responsible for the areas of global service and support, including active global support, managed services, business process outsourcing, quality governance and production, and ramp-up. He is also responsible for the service and support offerings relating to SAP Business ByDesign.

Peter Zencke joined SAP in 1984 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 1993. He is responsible for the development of SAP’s application platform, based on the enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA). In addition, he oversees the development of SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Business One. His responsibilities also include the coordination of SAP’s global research activities.