- Henning Kagermann
Henning Kagermann (born
July 12 1947 ) is chairman of the Executive Board andChief Executive Officer ofSAP AG . Together withHasso Plattner , co-founder of SAP, he was co-chairman of the SAP Executive Board and CEO From 1998 to 2003. Following Plattner's election as chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board in May 2003, Kagermann became sole chairman of the SAP Executive Board and CEO. Kagermann has overall responsibility for SAP's strategy, business development and also oversees the areas of global communications, globalintellectual property , internal audit, and top talent managementKagermann joined SAP in 1982 and was initially responsible for product development in the areas of cost accounting and controlling. Later, he oversaw the development of all administrative solutions, including human resources, as well as industry-specific development for banking, insurance, public sector, and healthcare. His duties also included finance and administration as well as the management of all SAP regions. He has been a member of the SAP Executive Board since 1991.
Kagermann studied
physics inBraunschweig andMunich . He received his doctorate degree intheoretical physics in 1975 from the TU Braunschweig,Germany , and was promoted to professor there in 1985. He taught physics and computer science at TU Braunschweig andUniversity of Mannheim , both in Germany, from 1980-1992. Kagermann also received an honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Magdeburg , Germany, and is a trustee of theTechnical University of Munich . He is also a member of the honorary senate of the Foundation Lindau Nobel Prizewinners.Kagermann is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Deutsche Bank AG and Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (
Munich Re ) in Germany, and since 2007 member of the board of directors of Nokia Corporation.External links
* [http://www.sap.com/company/executives/kagermann/bio/index.epx Activity at SAP]
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