There have been major shakeups at the software and cloud solutions reseller SoftwareOne.
Company insider Raphael Erb has been appointed as its new Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Board Member, effective 1 July, 2024. Erb will succeed Rohit Nagarajan, who is leaving the company.
With over 25 years at SoftwareOne, Erb most recently served as President of Asia Pacific, the company’s fastest-growing region.
His previous positions include Head of Services for German-speaking markets and Country Lead for Switzerland and Singapore.
Erb, a Swiss national based in Singapore, began his SoftwareOne career in 1999 as a Sales Team Leader.
Erb will oversee SoftwareOne’s global revenue operations in his new executive board position.
Daniel von Stockar, SoftwareOne’s Chairman of the Board said: “Raphael’s industry expertise and deep understanding of our global markets make him ideal for driving our growth strategy and implementing our go-to-market model.”
Erb commented on his new role: ‘I’m thrilled to take on this position at SoftwareOne. Working with our talented global teams, I’ll focus on fostering growth by helping our clients maximise the benefits of cloud, data, and AI technologies.
Other changes include a new board of directors, aligning with the proposals of the company’s founding shareholders.
In a board reset, Daniel von Stockar was re-elected as Chairman. New directors Andrea Sieber, René Gilli, Jörg Riboni, and Till Spillmann were appointed for one-year terms until the 2025 AGM. Sieber and Gilli were elected to the nomination and compensation committee.
This overhaul follows an intervention by SoftwareOne’s founding shareholders – von Stockar, Gilli, and B. Curti Holding AG – who had called for board-level changes.
The AGM also re-appointed Anwaltskanzlei Keller AG as independent proxy and Ernst & Young AG as auditor for one-year terms. Shareholders approved maximum aggregate compensation for the new board until 2025 and for the executive team in 2025.
This leadership transition marked a significant shift in SoftwareOne’s governance structure, reflecting the will of its shareholders despite contrary recommendations from prominent proxy advisory firms.
