39th Annual Meeting

Les Hayman
 

LES HAYMAN has been SAP ambassador within the office of the CEO since 2005. He is responsible for representing the interests of SAP’s board and those of SAP’s customers and partners in government and industry think tanks and other discussion and decision forums. From 2003 to 2005, he was head of SAP Global Human Resources, responsible for all of SAP’s human resources activities worldwide. From 2002 to 2003, he served as chairman of SAP’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa region and, before this, he was president and CEO for SAP in the Asia-Pacific region. He was appointed to the SAP Extended Board in 1999. Before joining SAP, he held various senior executive positions in companies such as Digital Equipment (as regional director) and Sun Microsystems (where he was managing director) in New Zealand and Australia. He has been a member of various associations, a speaker at various forums, and a regular lecturer at universities and business schools. He sits on the Technology Advisory Boards for both Malaysia and South Africa, served a 2-year term as a board member of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.