{"id":136710,"date":"2024-01-09T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=136710"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:44:55","slug":"new-orientation-of-the-sap-management-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/neue-ausrichtung-des-sap-vorstands\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Executive Board Takes New Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Executive Board division, headed by Thomas Saueressig (38)\u2014a member of the SAP Executive Board since 2019\u2014will be focused on ensuring customers\u2019 ability to embrace continuous innovation in the cloud. As a result, Muhammad Alam (46) will succeed Thomas Saueressig on the company's Executive Board and assume responsibility for product development at SAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Muhammad Alam has been appointed to the company's Executive Board to succeed Thomas Saueressig, effective April 1, 2024. Alam joined SAP on January 31, 2022 as President and Chief Product Officer for the Intelligent Spend and Business Network. In this role, he leads the engineering and design teams focusing on procurement, travel and expense management, external workforce management, and the SAP Business Network. Prior to joining SAP, Alam spent 17 years at Microsoft, most recently as Corporate Vice President of Product and Engineering for Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications.<\/p><div id=\"great-2326219590\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZGXMPyM-nU\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_26-04_29_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26-04_29_1200x150-1-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-ba53cbc\" data-block-id=\"ba53cbc\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-ba53cbc-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9fa8e09\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9fa8e09\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9fa8e09-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9fa8e09-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-bbd5647\" data-block-id=\"bbd5647\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-bbd5647-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-3602e47\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"3602e47\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-3602e47-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-3602e47-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136711\" style=\"width:284px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-960x1439.jpg 721w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MuhammadAlam_2022-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-fe9d127\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"fe9d127\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-fe9d127-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-fe9d127-inner-blocks\">\n<p><em>\"Since I joined SAP, I have been amazed by the breadth and depth of our product portfolio, our engineering excellence and the tremendous value our engineers create for SAP\u2019s customers. I am truly honored to have been appointed to the Executive Board and thank the Supervisory Board for their trust. Together with the best product and engineering team in the world, we will continue our transformation journey and bring incredible innovation to life across and beyond our solutions for customers.\"<\/em> Muhammad Alam<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP has announced two changes to the Executive Board. 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