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Léo Apotheker

Deputy CEO and President Customer Solutions & Operations of SAP AG

Born on September 18, 1953

Mandate and number of AXA shares

  • Elected on May 14, 2007 - Term expires at the 2011 Shareholders' Meeting
  • First elected to the Board in February 23, 2005
  • Member of the AXA Finance Committee
  • Number of AXA shares held as of December 31, 2007: 1,150

As of December 31, 2007

Expertise and experience

Mr. Léo Apotheker has a Bachelor's degree in Economics & International Relations. He started his career in 1978 at the Hebrew University as Senior Controller in the Finance Department. In 1984, he joined Mc Cormack & Dodge as European Operations Director. In 1988, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SAP France & Belgium. In 1995 he was appointed Chairman (France) of SAP AG and in 1997 he became Chief Executive Officer for South West Europe region. In 2000, he was appointed Chairman EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and he became member of the Extended Management Board of SAP AG. In July 2002, he became President Customer Solutions & Operations, Member of the Executive Committee of SAP AG. Since March 2006, Mr. Léo Apotheker has been President Customer Solutions & Operations and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG.

Directorships currently held

  • SAP AG, Deputy Chief Executive Officer & President Customer Solutions & Operations
  • Director or member of the Supervisory Board: SAP America, Inc. (United States), SAP Global Marketing Inc. (United States)SAP Asia Pte. Ltd (Singapore), SAP JAPAN Co., Ltd (Japan), SAP FRANCE S.A., S.A.P. ITALIA Sistemi, applicazioni, prodotti in data processing S.p.A. (Italy), SAP Hellas "Systems Application and Data Processing S.A." (Greece), SAP (Beijing) Software System Co., Ltd (China)
  • Schneider Electric, Censor (non-voting member of the Board)

Previous directorships held during the last five years

  • SAP AG, Chairman Global Field Operations
  • Ginger S.A., Director
  • SAP Manage Ltd (Israel), Director
  • SAP Systems Integration AG (Germany), Director
  • SAP Finland Oy (Finland), Director
  • SAP Danmark A/S (Denmark), Director
  • Enigma Inc. (United States), Director
  • SAP Svenska Aktiebolag (Sweden), Director