Infor ropes in Ashish Dass as VP & MD for South Asian Subcontinent

Infor has announced the appointment of Ashish Dass as Vice-President & Managing Director for the South Asian subcontinent. Ashish will be responsible for further scaling Infor’s business operations in the region, driving the next level of innovation, growing a high- performance sales team and partner network contributing to the next phase of growth.

Ashish brings with him 20 years of international experience in P&L and Sales & Operations management, across both start-ups and established multinational organizations in the Enterprise Software Applications space across Europe, South Asia, Middle East & Africa.  His previous roles called for diverse leadership, sales and business experience in the areas of ERP (Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution), BFSI (Core Banking, Treasury, lending, Investment Banking, AML & ALM, Analytics, CRM & BI), and professional & managed services. He has played major roles in directing organizations towards their growth paths, increasing sales and bottom line by establishing new growth markets and improving operational efficiencies. Prior to this appointment, Ashish has held senior management roles in 3i Infotech Ltd and Misys International Banking.

Commenting on his appointment, Tarik Taman, General Manager, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), Infor, said, “With a strong footprint in the region, India – which is leading the digital transformation wave and emerging as the fastest-growing major economy in the world – is a strategic market for Infor. At our flagship customer event ‘Inforum’ in New York City recently, we announced our plan to quintuple market share in the region by 2020, for which India will play an instrumental role. Ashish's appointment is timely and I am more than confident that our businesses in the region are in able hands to digitally enable enterprises of the future, and help organizations on their journey to the cloud."

Ashish is a successful leader and was listed in the top 50 Indian influential leaders by Forbes Middle East in the Arab World for the year 2015.