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Germany boss of Microsoft: Sabine Bendiek changes to the board of directors of SAP

2020-09-03T10:57:10.774Z


Europe's largest software company, SAP, found what it was looking for in a new HR director at Microsoft. Their previous head of Germany, Sabine Bendiek, will move to the board of directors of the Walldorf Group - but not until next year.


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Sabine Bendiek: The 54-year-old will be the HR director at SAP

Photo: Marcel Kusch / dpa

Now it's official: Europe's largest software company SAP has signed the previous head of Microsoft Germany,

Sabine Bendiek

, as a new member of the board.

The 54-year-old will be the new head of human resources and labor director from the beginning of 2021, announced the Walldorf group on Thursday.

Bendiek was initially appointed to the board for three years.

She will be responsible for SAP's HR strategy in the future.

The day before, the "Wirtschaftswoche" reported on the change, citing corporate and industrial circles.

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"I would like to thank the supervisory board and the executive board for entrusting me with the core of the ongoing transformation of SAP by leading the human resources strategy and operational business activities," said Bendiek.

The manager succeeds

Stefan Ries

, who worked as HR director until the end of May and then unexpectedly left the company.

After Ries' departure, SAP CEO

Christian Klein

(40) also temporarily stepped in as interim Labor Director and head of the HR department.

According to SAP, the new addition will initially take on the HR department and, from mid-2021, the role of Chief Operating Officer - and thus optimize the work processes at the software company.

Bendiek has been the head of Microsoft Germany since January 2016.

Before joining there, the MIT graduate worked at Nixdorf, McKinsey, Dell and EMC, among others.

Bendiek sits on the executive committee of the Bitkom digital association.

With her, another woman moves into the SAP executive board, in which since the departure of co-boss

Jennifer Morgan

(49) sales manager

Adaire Fox-Martin

(56) is the only female member. 

akn / dpa-afx

Source: spiegel

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