Angela Colantuono is the new SAP ANZ President and MD

⇨ Angela Colantuono has been appointed President and Managing Director for SAP Australia and New Zealand

⇨ Previously held 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)

⇨ Australia and New Zealand is a key market unit for the APJ region, as one of the fastest-growing regions globally for SAP

SAP ANZ has announced the appointment of Angela Colantuono as President and Managing Director for SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Colantuono succeeds Damien Bueno who is changing role to focus on global cloud transformation strategy within SAP.

Angela joined SAP in 2017 and has worked with some of Australia and New Zealand’s largest organisations to deliver strategic and impactful outcomes. She previously held 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).

According to Paul Marriott, President, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Colantuono “will continue to accelerate our customer’s move to the cloud, enabling organisations of any size to digitally transform with SAP.”

“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 Angela’s uncompromising focus on driving customer value, and building a strong partner ecosystem will support the next phase of growth in ANZ. 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.”

Colantuono says, “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.”

In a profile article published by SAP earlier this year Colantuono said the most under-rated virtue in business is empathy.

“The tech world has had a reputation for many years of being a cut-throat place, so it’s critical to take a step back and think about the people around you.

I love understanding the people around me, what makes them tick, and the things that they want to do in their lives.  I get a lot of energy from our young talent and nurturing their progress. It’s so important to listen to their frustrations, and coach them to dream big and think about the things they want to learn.”