Chief Executive Officer
Steve joined Sage in January 2014, having previously been 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 ten years of experience leading the finance function for three listed UK companies, ultimately with the title of chief financial officer from 2006 to 2009 for the FTSE 100 company Invensys plc, a global technology-related business. Between 2004 and 2006, he was group finance director for Spectris plc, the FTSE 250 precision instrumentation and controls company. From 1997 to 2003 he was with Marconi PLC, acting as chief financial officer in 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.
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan joined the board as an independent non-executive director on May 15, 2013 and served as chair of the Audit and Risk 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 position as group finance director of Close Brothers Group plc, which he had held for ten years. Prior to that, he held the same position at the London Stock Exchange Group plc starting in 1999. He has also been a non-executive director of EMAP plc and chairman 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 non-executive director to the Board of Experian plc with effect from May 1, 2021.
Chief Product Officer
Walid Abu-Hadba joined Sage in May 2021, and the Sage Executive Committee in January 2022. He had previously spent 20 years at Microsoft, where he was corporate vice president responsible for the developer and platform evangelism group before joining ANSYS INC as chief product officer. Most recently he was senior vice president for Oracle Developer Tools. He also holds several senior board advisor roles in the technology sector and patents in the field of AI.
Walid brings with him extensive industry experience and leadership skills. He is passionate about driving strategy and building the culture that delivers tangible, customer-centric solutions.
Chief Commercial Officer
Derk is accountable for Sage's commercial performance and operations globally.
He joined Sage in 2014 and has held a number of commercial, finance, M&A and leadership roles. He most recently served as president, EMEA.
Prior to Sage, Derk led European Corporate Development at Danaher and worked at HgCapital, a leading technology private equity fund.
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 before moving in-house and working in large multinationals and UK public limited companies, helping grow and transform businesses while managing their regulatory and litigation risk.
Chief People Officer
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, acquired by Sage in 2017, Aaron led the company’s product vision and technology direction, establishing Sage Intacct as the innovation leader in cloud financial management solutions.
Chief brand and corporate affairs officer
Amy is responsible for brand and corporate affairs at Sage, responsible for protecting and enhancing Sage’s reputation and engagement with all stakeholders. She leads our global strategy for communications and PR, brand and campaigns, public affairs, sustainability and Sage Foundation.
Previously, Amy was head of the Cabinet Office media operation as a civil servant for Her Majesty’s Government and head of communications for Channel 4 News.
Date | Document |
January 18, 2019 | Charter for the Executive Committee |