Infor names Chema Aramburu Executive Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan
Infor, the industry cloud company, announced the appointment of Chema Aramburu as Executive Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).
“Chema is a seasoned leader in the IT and cloud industry, with a proven track record in leading business transformations and building successful sales teams. We are excited to have him on board to lead Asia Pacific, a region of tremendous opportunity and diversity.,” said Kevin Samuelson, Infor CEO.
Samuelson also stated that the company’s multi-tenant CloudSuites are purpose-built for specific industries and will help enable organizations to drive greater operational efficiencies, scale their business quickly and achieve outstanding customer outcomes.
Based in the company’s regional hub in Singapore, Aramburu will be responsible for Infor’s business across ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand, Greater China, Korea, India and Japan, and drive customer success and satisfaction.
On his appointment, Chema Aramburu said,“I am excited to be leading a region that is seeing exponential growth as one of the key engines of the global economy, and where cloud adoption is accelerating rapidly across all sectors. As businesses increasingly look to digitize and scale their operations for greater agility and resilience, technology and cloud will continue to be a key enabler. Infor is uniquely positioned to deliver industry-specific services and solutions to address the diverse challenges faced by businesses today, and I look forward to helping our customers navigate their transformation journey.”
Aramburu had lead senior leadership positions in Oracle where he was VP of Regional Enterprise Sales for Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud, APJ and SAP, where he transformed the company’s APAC’s small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business through innovative go-to-market models and grew business revenues exponentially. He brings with him more than 20 years of experience in IT and Cloud Operations, with a top priority to drive SaaS (software-as-a-service) uptake across the region. It is this deep expertise he brings to his new role at the Infor.