Scott Russell

Russell brings more than 20 years of experience in sales, management, consulting and technology to his new role. As president of SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), he was responsible for SAP's extensive business growth and presence expansion in the APJ region for the past three years. Under his leadership, APJ has evolved to become one of SAP's fastest-growing cloud markets globally. He has held several senior leadership positions across SAP and joined SAP from IBM in 2010. The Australian national, 47, has been appointed to the Executive Board for a three-year term effective February 1. Russell will continue to evolve SAP's sales and services strategy — always putting customer success first and accelerating the company's collaboration with the ecosystem.