Léo Apotheker

Léo was appointed as the CEO and President of HP, and continued in that position until late 2011. During his tenure he launched the split of the company into two distinct companies thereby unlocking significant potential and shareholder value. Previously, Léo was the CEO of SAP France and Belgium. After successfully managing the core EMEA region, he joined the SAP AG executive board in 2002 as President, followed by his appointment to Deputy CEO in 2007. It was under Léo’s leadership that SAP became the global market leader in Enterprise Application software.

Since retiring from executive leadership, Léo has focused on creating value in privately held tech companies. In partnership with Advent, he was actively involved until the successful exit with KMD (Chairman) and more recently Unit4 (Chairman). On the growth capital side, and in partnership with Summit, Léo worked as chairman with Signavio and as an active board member with Appway, both extremely successful exits, and is currently chairman of Syncron AB and a board member at MercuryGate. He maintains his exposure to the listed public corporate world thru his Schneider Electric and Nice NED roles.