With immediate effect, Emma Murray has been appointed as the new Country Manager and Vice-President Sales for Software AG South Africa.
Fred Brady, who previously held this position for approximately 15 months, has left to pursue personal interests.
Darren Roos, Senior Vice-President Africa and Benelux, said: “Emma's track record over four years at Software AG SA as Sales director Banking and Insurance has been impressive. In replacing Fred, we wanted to ensure continuity of customer service for our installed base and a continuing commitment to increasing the growth of Software AG in South Africa. Emma is perfectly positioned to carry the company forward to achieve this.”
The management team, under Murray's leadership at the South African office, and based in Lonehill, Johannesburg, now consists of sales directors looking after the following portfolios: Paul Wilde - Banking and Insurance; Garth Meier - Corporate; Ike Kunene - Public Sector; Stephen Sim - director Finance and Operations; Diellie Schmutz - director Global Consulting Services; and Dominique Zuma - director Marketing.
Software AG
Software AG is the global leader in business process excellence. Its 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods.
It is unique in offering the world's only end-to-end - and easiest to use - business process management (BPM) solutions, with the lowest total cost of ownership. Its industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio for: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.
IDS Scheer, recently acquired by Software AG Group, is a leading provider of business process management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organisations worldwide. With the ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes, allowing companies to continuously improve their overall business performance. Utilising the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, its consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling.
Software AG had revenues of EUR847 million in 2009 and has more than 6 000 employees serving 10 000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Our comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).
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