The Supervisory Board of Software AG has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company for five years as of August 1, 2018. Brahmawar succeeds Karl-Heinz Streibich, who will step down after more than 14 years at the top at Software AG as he has reached the recommended age limit. His tasks at Software AG will be to extend the company's global technology leadership, together with the successful management team, and gain further market share in the promising fields of the Digitalization, Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence'. Sanjay Brahmawar is currently General Manager Global Revenue of IBM Watson Internet of Things at Munich, Germany. Previously, he served as General Manager at IBM Consulting Services in London.