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Santiago Solanas (47)
Chief Marketing Officer
Based: Spain
Experience: Santiago was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in September
2014. He joined Sage in 2007 to lead the Start-up and Small Business Division
in Spain and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sage Spain in 2010.
During this time he renewed the leadership team, increasing the efficiency
of the business and returning it to growth, as well as leading the
Accountants Segment in Europe. He recently led the roll-out of Sage’s brand
campaign across Europe. Prior to Sage, Santiago spent 20 years working in
the IT and soware industry, across the globe, in sales, marketing and
management roles at IBM, Microso and Oracle, where he was responsible
for the co-ordination and leadership of the technology business in the SMB
market in Europe as Senior Director SMB Program Office EMEA. Santiago
has also spent 4 years in two technology start-ups backed by Telefonica
and Santander. Santiago is an active supporter of SMEs. He is a mentor
for women in business and start-ups, and speaks at a number of SME forums
in Spain. He holds an MSc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the
Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and also aended the Harvard
Business School Advanced Management Program.
Anna Campopiano (52)
Interim Chief Communications Officer
Based: UK
Experience: Anna joined Sage in October 2015 as Interim Chief
Communications Officer. She is responsible for all aspects of the Company’s
communications to colleagues and external stakeholders. Anna, who has
an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester and
an MBA, joined Sage from Thomas Cook Group where she was Group
Head of Central Communications for the last three years.
Anna has considerable experience in strategic communications during
organizational restructurings and is a fellow of the RSA. Her previous
experience includes working for a private equity backed technology
solutions provider, Vertex, and she was Director of Corporate Affairs at
The London Metal Exchange for four years.
Marc Scheipe (47)
Interim President, Sage North America
Based: US
Experience: Marcserves as Interim President and CFO for Sage North
America. Marc is an accomplished business leader, with more than 20 years
of financial services experience focused on financial management, strategy
development, process improvement and sales/operations leadership. From
holding leadership positions at large financial institutions to owning and
running a small business, Marc has served in a broad spectrum of roles.
Throughout his career, he has worked extensively with small businesses
and entrepreneurs, and brings a unique perspective to his role at Sage.
Marc is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned
his MBA from Harvard Business School. While in the Navy, he aained the
rank of lieutenant commander and held various roles in operations, training,
and maintenance.
Brendan Flaery (51)
President, Europe
Based: UK
Experience: In his current role as President, Sage Europe, Brendan is
responsible for leadingSage’s European business and he has over 25 years’
experience across public and private companies in a variety of industries.
Brendan has first-hand experience of being involved in a small business.
An entrepreneur at heart, he served as Managing Director of two venture
capitalist backed IT businesses, and also successfully ran his own small
business before joining Sage in 2003 as Managing Director of Sage UK
Accountants Segment. Brendan has worked in every segment of the UKI
business before being appointed CEO of Sage UK and Ireland in 2011 in a
role which saw him take a strategic lead for the European Start-up and
Small Business Segment, Sage Pay and Sage One globally. Brendan is
passionate about supporting people’s success, both within the business
and for the SMEs we work with. He is a vocal supporter of SMEs and has
campaigned to close the mentoring gap in the UK and Ireland since 2013.
Brendan graduated from AberystwythUniversityand qualified as a chartered
accountant with KPMG.
Ivan Epstein (55)
President, International
Based: South Africa
Experience: Ivan leads Sage’s businesses across Australia, Africa, the
Middle East, Asia and Latin America,which include some of Sage’s highest
growth countries. Starting his career at Price Waterhouse, Ivan then
co-founded Soline in 1988, leading it from start-up to a listing on the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1997. Soline was delisted and acquired
by Sage in 2003, when Ivan joined the Executive Commiee as CEO of the
Southern Hemisphere, becoming CEO of AAMEA in 2010. Amongst his
accomplishments, Ivan has been awarded the Ernst & Young “South
Africa’s Best Entrepreneur” accolade in 1999/2000 in recognition of his
entrepreneurial aributes and contribution to South African business.
He was also awarded the Computer Society South Africa “IT Personality
of the Year” accolade in 2009 for his contribution to the IT sector.
Michael Robinson (54)
Company Secretary and Group Legal Director
Based: UK
Experience: Michael joined Sage in 2002 as Company Secretary and Group
Legal Director. Aer reading Law at Oxford, Michael qualified as a solicitor
and spent 15 years at one of the UK’s largest law firms.
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