As part of its commitment to helping organizations achieve meaningful business outcomes, embrace digital transformation, and transition to being sustainable, intelligent enterprises over time, SAP and its partner companies have been developing and delivering solutions to help them do just that. Understanding that SAP partners play a crucial role in accelerating the company’s success, the German enterprise software giant holds several events to highlight and celebrate the great contribution and services that its partners provide to customers. One of these is the annual SAP Partner Excellence Awards, in which NTT DATA Business Solutions AG, a part of the Tokyo-based NTT DATA Group, has been honored for making groundbreaking innovations made possible by leveraging SAP technologies.

Nominations for the said awards ceremony are decided from within SAP’s broad and diverse partner base, depending on internal SAP sales data. A committee comprised of regional and worldwide SAP representatives picks the top-performing partners in each category based on various criteria including sales performance and overall success. In addition to sales achievements, awards are given in a range of categories such as innovation, technology, services, and solution-specific industries.

In a press release statement, Rumyana Trencheva, Senior Vice President of Midmarket and Partner Business, Middle and Eastern Europe at SAP, shared:

“We are delighted to recognize NTT DATA Business Solutions AG as an SAP Partner Excellence Award winner across multiple award categories and countries. This winning performance is a testament to their dedication to helping customers harness SAP cloud solutions to transform their business and thrive in today’s economy.”

Celebrating NTT DATA’s Contribution with SAP Awards for Partner Excellence 

The Bielefeld-headquartered IT business services provider won an SAP Partner Excellence Award for SAP Concur Solutions in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ), an accolade for Cloud Renewal Excellence in North America, two awards for Sustainable Growth and Marketing Best Practice in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, as well as four recognitions for the categories of Top Midmarket Cloud Performer, Cloud Delivery, Net-New Names – Cloud Business, and the tech giant’s Business Transformation as a Service (BTaaS) signature offering RISE with SAP in Middle and Eastern Europe (MEE).

Furthermore, the global services, support strategy, and delivery approach of NTT DATA Business Solutions are constantly evolving to ensure that organizations globally receive the maximum level of support across all SAP-managed services. Last year, the company was named the “Innovation Partner of the Year” at the SAP SEA Partner Kick-Off ceremony for advancing innovative efforts in solution-specific areas that utilize SAP products and systems in the Philippines. Additionally, NTT DATA has been chosen by Philippine Airlines (PAL), to serve as the implementation partner for its modernization project across its mission-critical business operations, which include procurement, finance, supply chain, and management of human resources (HR).

Commenting on SAP’s recognition for their contribution to the partner ecosystem, NTT DATA Business Solutions AG Chief Executive Officer Norbert Rotter stated:

“Receiving so many major awards around the globe confirms once again that we are one of the strongest SAP partners worldwide. The awards reinforce our efforts to always be in close contact with our customers, working with them to shape their digital transformation in an imaginative way.”

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German software giant SAP ushered 2022 with the appointment of key executive roles in APJ, EMEA South, and South Korea to lead the company’s cloud growth, promising business outlook, and customer success.

SAP APJ’s New Partner Ecosystem Success Lead

Former Head of Business Development of the Asia Pacific and Japan and SAP veteran Utkarsh Maheshwari is now the region’s new Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Ecosystem Success. Based in Singapore, Maheshwari is taking charge of growing the SAP software enterprise’s partner ecosystem in APJ, engaging 2,000 SAP partners from all market units and business lines. In his 17 years in the tech industry– 14 of which with SAP– holding various leadership positions, he was able to share his expertise and passion in the digital economy across different key business areas including product development and marketing, field transformation, and human resources.

“In this role, I will be leading co-innovation with SAP partners across APJ to nurture an expert community of developers, investors, and ambassadors of digital transformation, and to help build the ecosystem of the future,” Maheshwari commented.

SAP APJ Chief Operating Officer Cathy Ward explained the critical role of the new Partner Ecosystem Success chief as the tech giant continues to grow globally in line with the accelerating customers’ digital transformation. She stressed:

“To respond to the increasing demand across the region, we need to more closely align and harness the power of our partner business to mutually deliver digital innovation that drives customer success.”

SAP EMEA South’s New Regional Chief

Emmanuel Raptopoulos, another long-serving SAP leader, has been appointed as regional President of EMEA South (Southern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) to lead 5,000 employees across 75 countries and 24 offices. He is steering the momentum of EMEA South’s cloud transformation as the new chief of a region that has a huge market contribution in SAP.

“EMEA South’s next decade will be driven by cloud growth, anchored by our purpose, people and partnerships and I am honored to take on this new role,” he said. “The region represents a dynamic market for SAP as agile organisations are transforming their businesses into Intelligent and Sustainable Enterprises via the cloud. I look forward to partnering with our great customers across this diverse region to innovate and thereby meaningfully contribute to their long-term success.”

Raptopoulos is directly reporting to SAP Executive Board member and Customer Success lead Scott Russell and is preceded by Claudio Muruzabal, who was recently promoted to President of SAP’s newly established global Cloud Success Services organisation.

Expressing encouraging words on Raptopoulos and Muruzabal’s new roles, Russell said:

“With Claudio Muruzabal as President of our global Cloud Success Services organisation, we are centering and optimising our talent around helping our customers maximise value in the cloud with SAP – at every single touchpoint in their lasting relationship with us. With the appointment of Emmanuel Raptopoulos as President of EMEA South, we are ensuring a seamless transition in the region for our customers, our partners, and our people. In addition to his deep and varied experience, he has a proven passion for the success of our customers and a strong track record of delivering it.”

SAP MEE’s New Lead

Industry expert and former Managing Director of SAP Germany Alex Klaeger has been appointed President of the Middle and Eastern Europe (MEE) region to lead the market units of Germany; Switzerland; Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Austria; and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) effective 1st of February. He had previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer and Head of Cloud business for the MEE region and had served on the SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG management team for six years.

Klaeger was preceded by Hartmut Thomsen and will be directly reporting Russell. Welcoming the new MEE chief, Russell commented:

“The appointment of Alex Klaeger, who brings exceptionally deep regional expertise, ensures a seamless experience and continuity of value for our customers across the MEE region as they continue to transition to the cloud.”

SAP Korea’s First Female CEO

Former SAP Korea Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Vice President Shin Eun-young was promoted to CEO and President effective 6th January 2022.(InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.) Since joining the company in 2008 as CFO, Shin has been a significant contributor to SAP Korea’s continuous business growth and transformation into a cloud company. Aside from being the first female chief of the software multinational’s unit in Korea, she is also the leader of SAP’s Business Women’s Network program advocating young talent and women’s career development.

Shin succeeded Lee Seong-yeo, who is now the SAP Korea Senior President guiding the management to help local organisations accelerate their journey to becoming intelligent enterprises.

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