Sapiens International Corporation N.V. announced that Roni Al-Dor has decided to step down as President as of December 31, 2025. Roni has been instrumental in shaping Sapiens into the global software company it is and has been at the forefront of delivering the partnership with Advent. The Board has appointed Mike Ettling as Executive Chairman, bringing unified leadership to guide Sapiens through this transition period while the Board conducts a search for the company's next permanent CEO.
Sapiens also announces the appointment of Dr. Ernesto Marinelli as Chief People Success Officer and James Hannay as Chief Revenue Officer, effective December 17. Ernesto Marinelli is a global executive with deep HR expertise gained over a thirty-year career. He has led high-impact transformations across sales, services, product and development teams, building scalable, people-first strategies that support growth and innovation.
Most recently, he was Chief People Officer at Aareon, an Advent backed company and previously served as Senior Vice President and Head of Global People Success Services at SAP.James Hannay is a global transformation executive recognized for scaling commercial organizations and accelerating revenue growth. He has deep leadership experience across the Financial Services sector, particularly banking and insurance, with a proven ability to build, scale, and modernize cloud-first, SaaS revenue solutions that deliver durable recurring growth. He has led global go-to-market strategy, sales, marketing, and P&L operations worldwide, building high-performing, customer-centric teams in both multinationals and high-growth VC/PE-backed software companies.
Previously, as Chief Growth Officer at HCL Software, he led worldwide net-new business, customer expansion, and recurring revenue growth. As Chief Revenue Officer of Sapiens, James will lead all go-to-market activities, including sales, marketing, and revenue operations.
