RISE with SAP is SAP’s latest concierge service to the Intelligent Enterprise offered as a Business Transformation as a Service package that includes business process redesign, technical migration support, SAP Business Technology Platform, the SAP Business Network, SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployment model of choice, and Hyperscaler of choice.
Almost a month after the appointment of former SAP APJ President Scott Russell as an SAP Executive Board member and Customer Success Lead to succeed Adaire Fox-Martin, SAP has officially announced the Asia Pacific and Japan’s most anticipated leader. SAP veteran Paul Marriott has been appointed as SAP APJ President to further propel the software giant’s remarkable growth in the region.
Mariott’s appointment came at an opportune time when SAP launched its banner product in 2021– RISE with SAP. His extensive expertise in the industry that spans for over two decades, including the last 13 years spent in SAP APJ holding various leadership roles, earned him the position to steer SAP through its RISE with SAP journey in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Ushering Marriott to his new role, Russell said:
“SAP has a heritage of over 30 years in Asia, helping over 46,000 enterprises big and small to be successful. I am confident that Paul’s tenure with customers in APJ, as well as his relentless focus on delivering customer value and outcomes, will help enterprises accelerate their next phase of digitisation.”
RISE with SAP to Seize Cloud Business in APJ
Debuted on January 27, 2021, RISE with SAP had already contributed to SAP’s cloud performance in the fourth quarter of 2020, coming from the strong take-up among its pilot customers. The new holistic business transformation offering promises to offer a simplified pathway for customers to transition their mission-critical systems to the cloud and transform their business under one subscription fee.
In SAP’s 2020 Full-Year Financial Performance report, the APJ region registered an 18{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} (IFRS) increase in cloud revenue and 21{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} (non-IFRS at constant currencies) with Japan, South Korea, and Singapore leading the growth. Moreover, Japan, Australia, and India also showed robust performance in software licenses’ revenue.
Sharing his insights about the Business Transformation as a Service offering, the newly appointed SAP APJ President Marriott said:
“Agile organisations that are able to adapt their business processes will thrive. Through RISE with SAP, customers will be able to transform into Intelligent Enterprises in the cloud and take the lead in their industry.”
SAP veteran Brian Duffy was also recently appointed to lead RISE with SAP business unit as president of Cloud. Both Duffy and Marriott will directly report to Scott Russell.
“SAP is the ERP pioneer that customers have trusted for the last 50 years to help them run efficiently and adapt to ever-changing market conditions. RISE with SAP is more than a solution offering; it is a pathway for our customers to transition to and transform in the cloud at a whole new scale,” Russell said.
Focus on Purpose, People, and Partnerships
Marriott has led SAP in the APJ region as Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Enterprise Information & Middleware, Vice President of SAP HANA, Senior Vice President of Database & Analytics, and Regional President of Digital Core. Today, as SAP’s President of Customer Success in the region, he will lead the organisation to drive development and growth across sales, services, and SAP ecosystem through purpose, people, and partnerships.
“Asia’s next decade of growth will be driven by sustainable cloud growth, anchored by our purpose, people and partnerships, we aim to bring development, growth, and prosperity to the Asia Pacific,” Marriott stressed.
Aside from helping enterprises in APJ achieve their top and bottom line, the new SAP APJ President also aims to drive environmental and sustainable initiatives in the region, which is the world’s major contributor of carbon emissions footprint estimated at 17 billion metric tons per year. He said:
“We aim to onboard the top organizations through 2021 to our Climate 21 initiative in APJ – ‘21 in 21’, to help reduce their carbon footprint.”
Speaking about SAP’s advocacy on diversity and inclusion, Marriott shared:
“We will continue to embrace cultural, gender and generational diversity. SAP will provide an environment for female leaders to succeed, nurture young talent, and promote a culture of lifelong learning to build the workforce of tomorrow in Asia now.”
Based in Singapore, Marriott has been volunteering in the Rugby Coaching team of Tanglin Rugby Club (TRC), a sport that teaches teamwork, trust, integrity, and respect, for over 15 years now.
