SAP chairs Paul Marriott as President for Asia Pacific Japan

SAP SE announced the appointment of Paul Marriott as President for Asia Pacific Japan (APJ). Building on SAP’s success and presence over the past 32 years in the APJ region, Marriott will be responsible for leading and driving SAP’s growth spanning Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, continuing the region’s role as a global growth engine for the company. He will report to Scott Russell, SAP Executive Board member, Customer Success.

“SAP has a heritage of over 30 years in Asia, helping over 46,000 enterprises big and small to be successful,” Russell said. “I am confident that Paul’s tenure with customers in APJ as well as his relentless focus on delivering customer value and outcomes will help enterprises accelerate their next phase of digitization.”

A technology veteran and established business leader with more than 25 years of experience in Asian economies, Marriott was most recently the region’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) where he was instrumental in developing the workforce of tomorrow and accelerating cloud growth and customer success.

“The economic growth in Asia Pacific did not come without consequences. The region is also the largest carbon dioxide polluter in the world, with an estimated 17 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted annually. We aim to onboard the top organizations through 2021 to our Climate 21 initiative in APJ – ‘21 in 21’, to help reduce their carbon footprint,” said Paul Marriott, President, SAP Asia Pacific Japan.

SAP’s Climate 21 initiative will help customers manage their green line by providing insights for them to assemble, assess and act on their carbon emissions footprint along the supply and value chain.