SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) has appointed two new regional general managers to spearhead its cloud and platform businesses.
Tony Armfield (left), formerly area vice president for SuccessFactors, has been appointed general manager, cloud and line of business solutions, SAP ANZ, with responsibility for cloud and on-premise solutions, including Ariba and SuccessFactors.
Paul Muller (below left) has been appointed general manager, platform solutions, SAP ANZ, and will be responsible for local adoption of SAP HANA and the vendors analytics and mobile offerings.
According to SAP, the appointments aim to better align SAP’s operations with the needs of businesses and governments for simpler engagements, lower cost of ownership and faster time to value.
Andrew Barkla, president and managing director, SAP Australia, said, “By moving our solutions to the cloud and powering them with our in-memory platform, SAP HANA, we are accelerating Australia’s and New Zealand’s transition to the cloud and to real-time business.
“These appointments install the right leadership to help drive this transition in the local market and bring simplification to our customers’ core technology stack, the end-user experience and how business software is consumed – so Australian and New Zealand organisations can focus on the value they provide to their customers,” he said.
Armfield joined SAP in June 2013, prior to which he held senior executive positions at salesforce.com, CA Pacific and SAP UK.
Muller has nearly 30 years of experience in the IT field, including regional executive roles at SAP, and managing director and sales leadership positions in Australia and across Asia Pacific and Japan, including Oracle, Siebel, McAfee and SolNet Solutions.
