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 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. From 1997 to 2003 he was with Marconi PLC, acting as chief financial officer in 2001.
Steve became a Chartered Accountant in 1985 with Ernst & Whinney, now part of Ernst & Young, and has 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 to 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 had held for 10 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 a non-executive director to the board of Experian plc with effect from May 1, 2021.
President, North America and EVP Partners & Alliances
Aziz leads our business across North America and is accountable for Sage's commercial performance and operations in the US and Canada as president, North America. He also leads our Partners and Alliances strategy globally. Aziz 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 also gained 20 years’ 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, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is also accountable for Sage's 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 Sage's chief development and strategy officer.
Prior to his time at Sage, he led European Corporate Development at Danaher as well as worked with 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 an attorney 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.
You can follow Vicki on Twitter @vickibradin.
Chief People Officer
You can follow Amanda on Twitter @AmandaCusdinHR
Chief Technology Officer
Aaron is responsible for Sage’s technology strategy and software architecture. He 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.
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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