Leadership

Thomas Saueressig is a member of the Executive Board and Chief Customer Officer of SAP SE. Heading the Customer Value Group board area, he is responsible for driving customer outcomes, business transformation and AI innovation adoption throughout the entire customer value journey.

 

Customer Value Group (CVG) combines SAP's go-to-market and delivery functions to help customers drive their business transformation effectively while maximizing the benefits of AI and build long-term customer value in the cloud. CVG includes the company’s global and regional sales, customer engagement and partner ecosystem colleagues, helping customers derive the optimal value from their SAP investment, as well as customer services, comprising professional services, and premium engagements. In addition, Saueressig leads cloud infrastructure, cloud operations, SAP's sovereign cloud portfolio, cloud lifecycle management, and private cloud delivery for SAP’s global customer base.

 

Saueressig has a proven track record in delivering customer value. In his previous role, he led the Customer Services & Delivery Board area as a member of the Executive Board. In that capacity he closely worked with customers to deliver business outcomes by driving innovation adoption and end-to-end business transformations.

 

Earlier he led SAP Product Engineering as a member of the Executive Board, where he drove the transformation of SAP's entire application portfolio. This also included cloud offerings, the global SAP Labs Network, the SAP Enterprise Adoption organization, and development priorities.

 

Before being appointed the head of SAP Product Engineering, Saueressig was chief information officer (CIO) and global head of IT Services at SAP. As CIO, he was responsible for SAP’s IT strategy and execution following a cloud-first approach. Under his leadership, the IT organization pioneered new business models and significantly advanced SAP’s own cloud transformation. Saueressig started his career at SAP in consulting in 2004 before moving on to spend time abroad and holding various management positions with growing responsibility across SAP.

 

He was included on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list in 2016. As global sponsor for the Business Women’s Network, the largest employee network at SAP, and the SAP Women in Tech initiative, Saueressig supports corporate initiatives for gender equality. Furthermore, he is the executive sponsor for the Accessible Workplace Inclusion Network, an employee network that embraces accessibility and inclusion across all aspects of work at SAP and beyond.

 

Saueressig has a degree in Business Information Technology from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC Business School (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).

 

Since April 2022, Saueressig has been a member of the Board of Directors of Nokia.