SAP Announces New Executives For APAC And Japan

SAP Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) announced the promotion of top executives today. Peter Moore, who has been with SAP for eleven years, has been named Head of Enterprise Cloud APJ. As SAP accelerates its cloud transition, this newly established organisation integrates the RISE with SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and Customer Experience (CX) businesses to streamline and improve value engagement for customers and partners.

Sushant Jain, who has worked for SAP for over eleven years, is now Head of Spend Management APJ, bringing together the Intelligent Spend Business Network (ISBN) and Concur organisations to provide customers with more transparent, resilient, and sustainable cloud-first Networked Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Liher Urbizu, who most recently served as SAP's worldwide head of Partner Success Services, has been named APJ's Chief Operational Officer. They will all be headquartered in Singapore.

Peter and Sushant will be in charge of their respective lines of business' go-to-market strategy, as well as growing and extending the core strategic business applications within each group. They will report to SAP APJ President Paul Marriott, and will be joined by Angela Colantuono, who was named Head of Human Experience Management APJ in July 2022, in heading an integrated organisation that spans SAP's key lines of business.

Liher has been a member of the SAP ecosystem for over 20 years and has worked in a variety of capacities in countries such as India, Japan, Thailand, and Singapore. As COO, he will oversee a regional team to assist with strategy execution across Asia Pacific and Japan, with a strong emphasis on delivering lifetime value for customers and partners.

“Our customers want simplified, streamlined, and high value engagement, so it is important that SAP continues to transform to meet this need,” said Paul Marriott. “The expertise and absolute commitment to customer success that Peter, Sushant, Angela, and Liher bring to their leadership positions is extraordinary. This strategic focus advances SAP’s commitment to empowering Asia’s sustainable future, driving our customers’ business agility, flexibility, and innovation to support growth in a highly competitive market.”