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has announced the appointment of
Peter Gartenberg as MD, SAP India.
He takes over duties from Steve Watts,
Interim President, SAP India. Prior to this, Gartenberg was serving
as COO, SAP India
Alok Goyal
will now assume the role of the COO. Gartenberg will be responsible
for all market-facing activities across the field organization,
overseeing customer operations as well as general management like
sales, consulting, partner ecosystem expansion and marketing. With
over 23 years of experience, Gartenberg has an impressive track
record of driving transformations to create high value,
customer-centric organizations in India, China, Europe and USA. Peter
is a permanent resident of the country and is based in Mumbai since
2000.
Extending SAP's commitment to the
Indian market, SAP India will be aligned with the company's largest
regional unit Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the
leadership of Jose Duarte, President, SAP EMEA + India.
“I am delighted to welcome Peter to
his new role at SAP India.” said Jose Duarte, President, SAP
EMEA+India. “India is amongst the leading subsidiaries for SAP
globally with over 4,300 customers and SAP India is poised for the
next phase of growth. With such great leadership at the helm, I am
confident that the India team will continue to sustain its industry
leadership position in the market.”
SAP India will now collaborate with
EMEA, to respond rapidly and flexibly to customers' changing
business requirements, optimize growth opportunities, natural trade
flows and synergies among the countries. EMEA has a wealth of
resources that India can leverage to enhance best practices. With
this combination, SAP expects to swiftly strengthen its customer
focus, and bring innovation for long-term sustainable growth to its
customers in every industry, market and customer engagement.
Along with Gartenberg, Goyal will now
focus on operational excellence and resource optimization, in order
to ensure that customers derive maximum value from SAP offerings.
Goyal previously served as VP, Strategic Accounts, SAP India and has
over 15 years of experience in the industry. For the past six years,
he has been leading multiple software business operations within SAP.
He has also been recognized for leading the engineering benchmarking
programs that drive customer satisfaction. “SAP has a deep
commitment to India. I am convinced that SAP, together with public
and private enterprises, can play a vital role in enabling India to
realize its potential,” said Gartenberg, MD, SAP India. “Our
solutions address the most relevant issues confronting India today,
such as resource losses and under utilization of assets in the core
sectors of India's economy. I look forward to working with our
excellent team to further strengthen SAP's focus on delivering
customer value and accelerating innovation together with our
customers.”