The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) company Softomotive has announced the appointment of Guy Berruyer as Chairman of the board. In September 2018, the RPA company announced its Series A financing round of $25 million, to help build on its strong and growing position.

Berruyer is the former Chief Executive of Sage Group, the accounting software firm, who led the company to a subscription software model. He brings his experience also as Chairman of software company Linaro, Director at Berger Levrault and NNon-ExecutiveDirector at Meggitt PLC. He is also a senior advisor at Warburg Pincus LLC and former council member at the University of Southampton.

"The RPA market is really a new frontier of innovation and growth opportunity. It's a very exciting industry," said Berruyer. He added that he was impressed by co-founders Marios Stavropoulos, Softomotive's CEO, and Argyris Kaninis, COO.

"Softomotive is transforming extremely fast and part of my role as Chairman is to act as a mentor, so I'm looking forward to sharing my experience," Berruyer said.

Stavropoulos said: "The traditional approach to RPA is not the whole story and we add to the mix by providing a bottom-up approach which we call a People1st approach to RPA. This is a totally different way to deploy RPA by putting the power in the hands of the end user."

Softomotive has doubled its headcount over the last 12 months and they are looking to double it again in the coming year as they continue to invest in products, according to a media statement. “Our global HQ remains in London but we have deepened our presence in the US with our New York HQ, at One World Trade Center, while continuing to develop our presence in Greece and India. We are also looking closely at opening offices in Continental Europe and APAC,” Kaninis added.