Infor Names Chema Aramburu Executive Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan

Cloud veteran picked to accelerate SaaS business in the fastest-growing region for Infor

SINGAPORE – Media
OutReach – 1 June 2021 – Infor, the
industry cloud company, today announced the appointment of Chema Aramburu as executive
vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). Based in
the company’s regional hub in Singapore, Aramburu will be responsible for Infor’s
business across ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand, Greater China, Korea, India
and Japan, and drive customer success and satisfaction.

“Chema
is a seasoned leader in the IT and cloud industry, with
a proven track record in leading business transformations and building
successful sales teams,” said Kevin Samuelson, Infor CEO. “We are
excited to have him on board to lead Asia Pacific, a region of tremendous
opportunity and diversity. The APAC customers I have met are looking to
technology to help accelerate innovation, grow and transform their businesses – be
it quick access to data to attain better decision-making, or enhancing relationships
with customers and with supply chains that have flexibility and agility so that
their business models can be highly adaptive. Infor’s multi-tenant CloudSuites
are purpose-built for specific industries and enable organizations to drive greater
operational efficiencies, scale their business quickly and achieve outstanding
customer outcomes.”

Aramburu
brings with him more than 20 years of experience in IT and cloud operations, with
a top priority to drive SaaS (software-as-a-service) uptake across the
region.  He joins Infor following senior
leadership positions in Oracle and SAP, where he played key roles in
spearheading cloud adoption across APJ. Most recently, he was vice president of
regional enterprise sales for Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud, APJ. Prior to
that, Aramburu transformed SAP APAC’s small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
business through innovative go-to-market models and grew business revenues
exponentially.

“I am excited
to be leading a region that is seeing exponential growth as one of the key
engines of the global economy, and where cloud adoption is accelerating rapidly
across all sectors,” said Aramburu. “As businesses increasingly look to
digitize and scale their operations for greater agility and resiliency, technology
and cloud will continue to be a key enabler. Infor is uniquely positioned to
deliver industry-specific services and solutions to address the diverse
challenges faced by businesses today, and I look forward to helping our
customers navigate their transformation journey.”

“Instrumental
to driving huge growth and success out here will be my team.  People talent is one of Infor’s greatest
assets, and I am personally thrilled to be a mentor and coach, and to help develop
and retain a high-performing team who will delight our customers at every touch
point,” Aramburu added.

Media Contact:

Phyllis Tan                                          

Infor Asia Pacific                                

phyllis.tan@infor.com  

+65 9799 9133