SAP appoints Angela Colantuono as ANZ president and managing director

SAP has appointed Angela Colantuono as its president and managing director for the Australian and New Zealand arm of the business.

Current president and managing director Damien Bueno will step down after close to six years in the role to focus on global cloud transformation strategy within SAP. 

Colantuono has been at SAP since 2017, previously holding roles as vice president and head of SAP SuccessFactors for Australia and New Zealand, and most recently as Head of SAP SuccessFactors HXM for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).   

Paul Marriott, president, of SAP Asia Pacific Japan said Australia and New Zealand is a "key market unit" for the APJ region, as one of the fastest-growing regions globally for SAP.

“I am confident Colantuono's uncompromising focus on driving customer value, and building a strong partner ecosystem will support the next phase of growth in ANZ,” he said.

“I thank Damien Bueno for his leadership over the last five years, delivering continued customer success and growth for ANZ, and know he will bring extensive expertise to his global role."

In her new role, Colantuono, will continue to accelerate the company’s customer's move to the cloud, enabling the digital transformation of Australian and New Zealand organisations.

Commenting on her new role, Colantuono said, "As our customers navigate an increasingly complex operating environment with inflation, supply chain challenges, increased cyber threats, and regulation, technology has become critical to helping them respond to and manage this. 

"I look forward to working with our customers to help solve for many of these challenges and build operational resilience, leveraging SAP capabilities including Business AI to automate their processes, enhance the user experiences and improve their decision-making."

With her appointment, Colantuono will report directly to Paul Marriott. She will continue to be based in Melbourne.