SAP SE announced that Alex Klaeger has been appointed president of the Middle and Eastern Europe (MEE) region as of February 1 reporting to Scott Russell, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. In his role, Klaeger is responsible for all sales in the MEE region, comprising the market units of Germany; Switzerland; Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including Austria; and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). He succeeds Hartmut Thomsen, who is pursuing an opportunity outside SAP.

Alex Klaeger is a well-established executive in the industry. He most recently worked as managing director for SAP Deutschland SE Co. KG, which he managed and developed successfully for the past one and a half years.

Before taking over these roles, Klaeger served on the SAP Deutschland SE Co. KG management team for six years as the member in charge of sales for the process, consumer, trade, utility and service provider sectors.