SAP appoints Gina Vargiu-Breuer as new Chief People Officer

SAP has appointed Gina Vargiu-Breuer to the Executive Board of SAP as Chief People Officer and labor director, effective from February 1, 2024. She will succeed Sabine Bendiek, who will be leaving the company by her own request on December 31, 2023. Vargiu-Breuer joins from Siemens Energy, where she has been serving as the Global Head of HR since the separation from Siemens in late 2019. Prior to her time at Siemens Energy, Vargiu-Breuer worked at Siemens, where she held various operational and strategic HR roles, including positions in Asia, the United States and the United Arab Emirates. Vargiu-Breuer has been appointed to the Executive Board for a term of three years and will be based at the SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. The role of Chief Operating Officer – previously also under Sabine Bendiek’s responsibility – will be assumed by Chief Strategy Officer Sebastian Steinhaeuser starting January 1, 2024.