SAP appoints Angela Colantuono as ANZ lead

SAP has appointed Angela Colantuono as president and managing director for SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).

The announcement comes as Damien Bueno steps down after nearly six years in the role to focus on global cloud transformation strategy within SAP.  

Angela joined SAP in 2017 and has worked with some of ANZ's largest organisations.

She previously held roles as VP and head of SAP SuccessFactors for ANZ 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," the company's APJ president Paul Marriott said.

"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." 

In her new role, Colantuono will continue to accelerate SAP's customers' move to the cloud, the company 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," Colantuono  said.

"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."