Chief Executive Officer
Steve Hare joined Sage in January 2014, having previously served as Operating Partner and Co-Head of the Portfolio Support Group at the private equity firm Apax Partners, which he joined in 2009. Prior to this, Steve built over 10 years’ experience leading the finance function for three listed UK companies, culminating as Chief Financial Officer for FTSE 100 company Invensys plc, the global technology-related business, from 2006 to 2009. Between 2004 and 2006, he was group finance director for Spectris plc, the FTSE 250 precision instrumentation and controls company, and from 1997 to 2003 he was with Marconi PLC, acting as chief financial officer from 2001.
Steve qualified as a chartered accountant in 1985 with Ernst & Whinney, now part of EY, and holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Liverpool University.
You can follow Steve on Twitter @SteveHare.
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan joined the board as an independent non-executive director on May 15, 2013, and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from November 2013 until December 2018. He was subsequently appointed as our chief financial officer on December 10, 2018, having stepped down from his role as group finance director of Close Brothers Group plc which he held for 10 years. Prior to that, Jonathan held the same position at the London Stock Exchange Group plc since 1999. He has also been a non-executive director of EMAP plc and chair of FTSE International. The early part of Jonathan’s career was at PWC where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of Experian plc, taking effect May 1, 2021.
President, North America and EVP Partners & Alliances
As president North America, Aziz Benmalek leads our business across North America and is accountable for our commercial performance and operations in the US and Canada. He also leads our Partners and Alliances strategy globally. Aziz Benmalek joined Sage in December 2020, having previously spent two years as Vice President of Worldwide Partners, Business Development and Channel Chief at Splunk.
Prior to this, Aziz gained 20 years of experience at Microsoft in various roles, including Vice President of the SaaS, Cloud and Hosting Business Unit, leading the vision, strategy, sales, business development, technical enablement and marketing.
You can follow Aziz on Twitter @Aziz_Benmalek
President – EMEA
Derk Bleeker leads our business across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and is accountable for our commercial performance and operations in these regions. Derk joined Sage in 2014 and has held a number of commercial, finance, M&A and strategy leadership roles, most recently as our chief development and strategy officer.
Prior to Sage, Derk led European Corporate Development at Danaher and worked at HgCapital, a leading technology private equity fund.
You can follow Derk on Twitter @BleekerDerk.
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Vicki joined Sage in 2016 from former FTSE 250 software company, Misys (now Finastra), where she was Associate General Counsel. In her role at Misys, Vicki was responsible for M&A, litigation, risk, IP, and more.
After graduating from Nottingham University, Vicki qualified as a solicitor in the City of London. Vicki spent her early career working as a corporate lawyer in global and magic circle law firms. Later on she moved to working in-house with large multi-nationals and UK public limited companies, helping to grow and transform businesses while managing their regulatory and litigation risk.
You can follow Vicki on Twitter @vickibradin.
Chief People Officer
You can follow Amanda on Twitter @AmandaCusdinHR.
Chief Technology Officer
Responsible for Sage’s technology strategy and software architecture, Aaron Harris has more than 20 years of high-tech engineering experience in business applications and software development strategies.
Previously, a founding leader of Sage Intacct, which was acquired by Sage in 2017, Harris led the company's product vision and technology direction, establishing Sage Intacct as the innovation leader in cloud financial management solutions.
You can follow Aaron on Twitter @AaronRHarris
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
You can follow Amy on Twitter @amyllawson.
Date | Document |
January 18, 2019 | Terms of Reference for the Executive Committee |
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