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SAP announces the latest Executive Appointments
SAP has been irrefutable during these times of upheaval, driving innovation and accelerating digital transformation through intelligent technologies and services across numerous industries throughout the world

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Apac CIOOutlook | Saturday, November 13, 2021
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The software giant announced several SAP executive appointments, including the promotion of SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) CFO Gina McNamara to Regional CFO of SAP Asia Pacific.
FREMONT, CA: SAP has been irrefutable during these times of upheaval, driving innovation and accelerating digital transformation through intelligent technologies and services across numerous industries throughout the world. The German company has gained recognition for its outstanding contributions to the industry, including the Leader position in Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Solutions. SAP received several employer awards worldwide in the third quarter of 2021, including eight for equality, four for work-life balance, and three for the best workplace demonstrating the company's dedication to ensuring the success of its employees, customers, and partners.SAP has recently announced multiple executive promotions in the areas of finance, diversity and inclusion, product management, and Intrapreneurship to further strengthen its management team.
In the diversity and inclusion department, Supriya Jha, the former Nasdaq global head of diversity, inclusion, and belonging has been named chief diversity and inclusion officer at SAP, beginning November 1, 2021. CFO Gina McNamara has been promoted as SAP Asia Pacific's Regional CFO. She joins the APAC team with substantial experience as the CFO of the local operation since 2014, where she oversaw a team of over 40 people in core finance, legal and contracts, facilities, buying, and information technology. In May, Alex Gorman, former SVP and Head of SAP.iO Foundries Europe, was named SAP's Global Head of Sales and Marketing. iO Foundries and SAP's Intrapreneurship Program, which has just begun its acceleration program with approximately 25 internal teams representing various SAP divisions.
Xuehui (XH) Chiu, who has overseen the APJ and Greater China Revenue Recognition Team since 2018, will take over as McNamara's replacement in ANZ. XH has been with SAP since 2011, holding positions such as Commercial Business Director for Australia and New Zealand and Senior Regional Revenue Recognition Specialist.SAP ANZ employs approximately 1800 people and generated USD 1.15 billion in revenue last year, including USD 286 million in cloud revenue. The CFO post for XH in ANZ commenced on October 1st, whereas McNamara's role in APAC began in August.