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Software AG expands Executive Board: new chief customer officer appointed


Darmstadt, 25 Aug 2014

Software AG's Supervisory Board has appointed Eric Duffaut (52) as member of the Executive Board (Vorstand), effective as of 1 October 2014. He will be responsible, as Chief Customer Officer, for Software AG's global sales, consulting services and marketing.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Andreas Bereczky, said: "With Eric Duffaut, we were able to win a high-profile executive with many years of distinctive international management and sales experience in the software industry."

Karl-Heinz Streibich, CEO of Software AG, said: "With the appointment of Eric Duffaut, we are bundling all our go-to-market activities. This will accelerate our transformation to a totally customer-centric organisation. Through this new organisational structure, we will better utilise the leading position of our product portfolio. We will significantly strengthen our direct sales execution capabilities as well as the development of our partner ecosystem."

Duffaut previously held global sales leadership positions at Oracle and SAP, most recently as Corporate Officer and President of SAP's global partner ecosystem. His knowledge of the global software industry, proven leadership skills and total customer-centric management approach makes him ideal for this new position.

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Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) helps organisations achieve their business objectives faster. The company's big data, integration and business process technologies enable customers to drive operational efficiency, modernise their systems and optimise processes for smarter decisions and better service. Building on over 40 years of customer-centric innovation, the company is ranked as a leader in 14 market categories, fuelled by core product families Adabas-Natural, ARIS, Alfabet, Apama, Terracotta and webMethods. Software AG has more than 4 600 employees in 70 countries and had revenues of EUR973 million in 2013.

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