SAP Leaders in Russia and CIS

2023: Andrei Filatov leaves as head of SAP CIS

Andrei Filatov left the post of head of SAP in Russia and moved to Lab SP, whose activities are aimed at technical support and correction in the operation of SAP systems for customers in Russia, for example, their localization, so that systems can take into account changes in Russian legislation. This became known at the end of March 2023. Read more here.

2020: Appointment of Alexey Petunin as Executive Director

From January 1, 2021, Alexey Petunin will become the executive director of SAP CIS. The company announced this on November 10, 2020. Read more here.

2019: New CEO - Andrey Filatov

Andrey Filatov has been appointed CEO of SAP CIS and will take office on April 15, 2019. SAP CIS announced this on April 1, 2019. Read more here.

2018

Dismissal of general director Natalia Parmenova, Dmitry Krasyukov - acting

According to TAdviser, on October 10, 2018, employees of the Russian office of SAP announced that Natalia Parmenova was leaving her post.

The press service of SAP CIS TAdviser confirmed that Parmenova left the post of general director. Until the appointment of a new general director, his duties will be performed by executive director Dmitry Krasyukov.

Since 2007, none of the CEOs of SAP CIS has worked for a long time, but Parmenova held this post less than everyone else. Read more here.

FSB General V. Skorik appointed adviser to the general director

In February 2018, it became known about the arrival of Vladimir Skorik in SAP. He was appointed advisor to the general director of the Russian representative office of the company - SAP CIS. Read more here.

New CEO - Natalia Parmenova

At the end of January 2018, Natalia Parmenova was appointed CEO of SAP CIS. In this role, she is responsible for the operational management and strategic planning of the company's activities in the region, as well as for the further development and promotion of technologies for digital transformation together with SAP business partners and customers. Read more here.

Dismissal of general director Pavel Gontarev

On January 1, 2018, Pavel Gontarev left the post of CEO of SAP CIS. Temporary acting Natalia Parmenova, who works as the executive director of the company, was appointed general director. PR Director of SAP CIS Tatyana Zvereva at the time of the news of Gontarev's dismissal told TAdviser that "at the moment the company is being determined with the candidacy of the CEO," from which it can be concluded that the dismissal of Pavel Gontarev was unplanned.

2016: Pavel Gontarev appointed CEO

In March 2016, Pavel Gontarev was appointed CEO of SAP CIS. In this role, he was responsible for increasing operational efficiency, strategic planning and improving the company's performance in the region.

In this post, he replaced Vyacheslav Orekhov, who headed SAP CIS since 2014, who continued to work in the Asia-Pacific region of SAP.

2014: Vyacheslav Orekhov - new CEO

In January 2014, as it became known to CNews, the SAP CIS office was left by CEO Vitaly Postolatiy. SAP confirmed this information, calling the departure a personal decision of the manager. The temporarily vacated position was taken by the European top manager of SAP Stefan Höchbauer.

On February 14, 2014, Vyacheslav Orekhov was appointed CEO of SAP CIS.

2013

Top Management Team Update

At the end of May 2013, SAP CIS announced a series of appointments in the top management of the Russian office. In particular, two new top managers joined the team : Leonid Altukhov, who had previously worked at IBM for many years, and Andrey Blinov, who has more than ten years of experience working with SAP solutions in senior positions on the client's side.

The first of them was headed by the Strategic Industries department, which includes the banking sector, the public sector and discrete production, and the second - the SAP Active Global Support service, which is responsible for transferring knowledge, standards and best practices to customers.

In addition, SAP CIS divided the direction of capital-intensive industries into two separate departments: Natural Resources (work with clients of the oil and gas, mining and chemical industries) and Trade and Services (work with companies from the fields of trade, housing and communal services, telecommunications and transport). They were headed, respectively, by Azat Nizamov, who previously worked in the company with clients of the oil and gas and mining sector, and Vyacheslav Orekhov, who previously headed the department for work with fast-growing customers of SAP CIS.

Instead of Vyacheslav Orekhov, this department is now headed by Ilya Yuriev, who previously headed the Belarusian office of SAP.

The company also appointed Natalia Parmenova, Executive Director and COO (Chief Operating Officer), who previously led the implementation of the SAP CIS growth strategy plan.

The company notes that personnel changes are associated with the positive dynamics of SAP business development in the region and with the tasks of implementing a growth strategy, the ultimate goal of which is to achieve a turnover of 1 billion euros by 2015.

Vitaly Postolatiy - new CEO

On January 18, 2013, SAP CIS announced the change of CEO. The place of Igor Bogachev was taken by Vitaly Postolaty.

The company claims that Igor Bogachev left the company for personal reasons. A number of media outlets claim that he will take the position of director of the information technology cluster of the Skolkovo Center.

2011: Igor Bogachev replaces Vladislav Martynov

On May 25, 2011, it became known that Vladislav Martynov was leaving SAP CIS (SAP CIS). Igor Bogachev was appointed the new head of the office.

According to Martynov himself, his contract with the world's largest developer of business software was signed in July 2009 and did not provide for a specific date for the expiration of powers. But the top manager decided to leave next week, which he notified the headquarters on May 24. He says he became interested in the opportunity to work as an independent director on the boards of a number of Russian companies:

"I am considering some very interesting proposals, but working in SAP does not allow me to combine the current position with them."

He does not disclose the names of companies, although he notes that he is ready to discuss proposals that will allow combining work on the board of directors outside the company, for example, with the position of the general director.

Martynov's departure came as a surprise to many Russian SAP partners. A week before, Martynov made a presentation at the SAP partnership conference in Germany and nothing foreshadowed his departure, one of them is surprised.

SAP partners interviewed by Vedomosti doubt that the desire to gain experience as an independent director is the main reason for Martynov's departure from SAP^[1]. Martynova may not have been satisfied with the restriction of powers, suggests a top manager of one of the companies implementing SAP products. This is a very bureaucratic company with a complex management system, he says; the general director of the Russian office cannot even give instructions to his subordinates - they are waiting for a directive from the headquarters. This version is shared by one of the SAP employees. The other two partners, on the contrary, suggest that Martynov's resignation is the result of rejection of part of his initiatives at SAP headquarters.

"For me, this is very unpleasant news" - this is how the president of the IT holding reacted to the information about Martynov's departure. " LANIT George Gens The general director of the system integrator (IBS a large seller of SAP products) also regrets this: "You Sergey Matsotsky could work with Martynov."

2009

Vladislav Martynov - Head of SAP CIS

In an interview with RBC magazine 12/2010, Vladislav Martynov, appointed head of SAP CIS, noted that in the long term, in five years, small and medium-sized businesses will form 40-50% of SAP customers. In the understanding of SAP, small and medium-sized enterprises are enterprises with an annual turnover of up to 500 million euros. And for the Russian tax services, this threshold is only 60 million rubles.

Steve Tsikakis - Interim Managing Director

Steve Tzikakis - Since April 15, 2009, he worked as Interim Managing Director of SAP CIS.

2002: Alexey Shlykov - Head of Russian Office

Alexey Shlykov from 2002 to 2007 - led SAP's business in the CIS and the Baltic countries.

See also

• SAP CIS financials

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