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The Executive Committee members pictured are: standing from left to right: Álvaro Ramírez, Klaus-Michael Vogelberg, Paul Harrison, Pascal Houillon, Amanda Jobbins
Seated from left to right: Ivan Epstein, Karen Geary, Guy Berruyer, Michael Robinson
The Executive Committee oversees the sound running of all Sage
operations. It comprises nine internationally diverse senior leaders
from across the business. The role of the Committee is to assist the
Chief Executive in the performance of his duties, including:
• the development and implementation of strategy, operational
plans, policies, procedures and budgets;
• the monitoring of operational and nancial performance;
• the assessment and control of risk;
• the prioritisation and allocation of resources; and
• monitoring competitive forces in each area of operation.
Guy Berruyer
Chief Executive Officer
Guy joined Sage in 1997 to run the France, Spain and Portugal
operations. He was appointed to the Board in January 2000 as
CEO for its Mainland Europe business and in 2005 also took
charge of its Asian operations. Prior to joining Sage he was Country
Manager and then European Managing Director for Intuit, the US
software company. Previously he worked at the French hardware
company, Groupe Bull, where he was a Director of Marketing, and
Claris, as Southern European General Manager. On 2 October
2012, Guy became a non-executive director of Meggitt PLC, a
leading international company specialising in high performance
components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and
energy markets.
Ivan Epstein
Chief Executive Officer, AAMEA
After training at Price Waterhouse Ivan co-founded Softline in 1988.
In 1997 Softline was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
with operations in South Africa, Australia, the USA and Canada.
Softline was delisted in 2003 upon its acquisition by Sage. Ivan
continued as CEO of Sage Southern Hemisphere. His role was
expanded to include the Middle East and Asia in October 2010.
Ivan has been recognised for his entrepreneurial contribution and
in 1999/2000 was the recipient of “South Africa’s Best Entrepreneur
Award”, awarded by Ernst & Young, of which he continues as
a panel judge. Ivan was further recognised in South Africa for his
contribution within the IT industry by receiving the Computer
Society’s “IT personality of the year award 2009”.
Karen Geary
Group Human Resources Director
Karen has more than 25 years of international HR experience
across a variety of industries where she has helped organisations
through periods of large scale change and integration. Her early
career was spent at Monsanto Inc. and Electrocomponents plc.
She spent six years at Stena Line, the Swedish transport and
leisure operator, ultimately as HR Director for UK, France and
Ireland. She has been in her current role at Sage for nine years,
following ve years as HR Director for Sage in the UK.
Paul Harrison
Chief Financial Officer
A chartered accountant, Paul joined Sage in 1997 from Price
Waterhouse to become Group Financial Controller. He joined
the Board in April 2000 as Chief Financial Ofcer. Following the
acquisition of Folhamatic, Paul was given additional responsibility
for the Brazil operation. In May 2007, Paul was appointed to the
Board of Hays plc as a non-executive director and, in November
2011, became its Senior Independent non-executive director.
Pascal Houillon
Chief Executive Officer, North America
Pascal became CEO of Sage North America in April 2011. He
was CEO of Sage France from 1997 and in 2005 also took on
responsibility for Sage in Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland and
Morocco. He started his career as a systems analyst for UAP
Insurance and in 1987 Pascal co-founded Sinequanon, a company
that provided business management solutions to SMEs. He joined
Sage in 1989 in sales and held a number of management positions
as a Regional Director and Sales Director before leading the Sybel
business when it was acquired by Sage in 1995. For nine years
Pascal was Vice President of Syntec, the French software and
ITassociation.
Amanda Jobbins
Group Chief Marketing Officer
Following the year end, Amanda was appointed to the newly
created position of Group CMO. She joined Sage on 5 November
2012 from Cisco where, after leading European Marketing for all
Cisco’s technologies, she was promoted to Global Vice President
of Partner Marketing, based in San Francisco. Amanda was
responsible for driving the global channel and strategic partner
business across the enterprise, commercial and small business
markets. Before Cisco she worked in senior marketing leadership
roles for major technology companies in both the USA and Europe,
including IBM and Symantec.
Álvaro Ramírez
Chief Executive Officer, Europe
Álvaro became CEO of Sage Europe in January 2011. He joined
Sage as CEO of Sage Spain in 2003 after the acquisition of
Grupo SP, which he co-founded in 1989. Álvaro grew Grupo SP
to become the leader in Spain for entry-level business management
software, with subsidiaries in Portugal and across Central and
South America. Since joining Sage, Álvaro has grown the Spanish
business, both organically and through acquisition, transforming it
into a market leading software company. He studied in France and
Spain, and holds an M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering.
Michael Robinson
Company Secretary and Group Legal Director
Michael was born and educated in the North East of England
before leaving to study law at Oxford University. After qualifying
as a solicitor, Michael spent 15 years at one of the largest law
rms in the UK, becoming a partner and specialising in a range
of corporate nance work, including otations, mergers and
acquisitions. In 2002 he joined Sage as Group Legal Director
and Company Secretary.
Klaus-Michael Vogelberg
Group Chief Technology Officer
Klaus-Michael was R&D Director and a partner in the German KHK
Software group, acquired by Sage in 1997. In 2000 he joined the
Group team to assist Sage operating companies and the Board
with software architecture and technology strategy. Between 2004
and 2007 Klaus-Michael acted as R&D Director for Sage UK and
Ireland, before taking up his current post of Group Chief
Technology Ofcer.
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