Freedom to Innovate Everywhere starts with the commitment of our team. Meet the leaders behind one of the world’s largest independent open-source innovators.

Management Board

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen

Chief Executive Officer

Member of the Management Board

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Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen
Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Management Board

Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen (“DP”) is Chief Executive Officer of SUSE and a member of the Management Board of SUSE S.A.

Prior to joining SUSE, DP worked at Red Hat for 18 years holding a number of senior executive positions. From 2010 to 2021, he was Red Hat’s General Manager in Asia Pacific and Japan and from 2021 to 2022 their General Manager in North America.

Before joining Red Hat, he held senior roles at Planetweb, BSDI and the Santa Cruz Operation.

DP is on the board of the Institute of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore and since 2017 has been a mentor for women in business with Protégé Business Mentoring. In addition to his technical education, DP holds qualifications from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Harvard Business School.

DP lives in Switzerland with his family. He continues to program using open source code as a hobby.

Andy Myers

Chief Financial Officer

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Andy Myers
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Management Board

Andy is our Chief Financial Officer, and responsible for worldwide finance controllership and operations, management reporting, procurement, forecasting and planning, tax and treasury operations, legal, and IT. Andy has a wealth of global finance and commercial experience serving as Chief Financial Officer in BMW/Rover Group, McLaren Technology Group, and Rolls Royce plc. Prior to joining SUSE, he was the Chief Financial Officer of SHL Group, the global leader in talent innovation. He is a non-executive director, Audit Committee Chair and a member of the Remuneration Committee at Berkeley Group Holdings plc.

Andy holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in production engineering and management, is a Chartered Accountant, ACA, and lives in the United Kingdom..

Senior Leadership

Andy McDonald

Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

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Andy McDonald
Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

Andy McDonald is our Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary, responsible for all aspects of legal, regulatory and corporate governance. He has a wealth of experience in legal affairs and governance in a variety of companies, including Interserve, Premier Foods plc, Uniq plc and Spirent plc.

Andy worked as a corporate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before moving into Industry. He is based in the UK.

April Moh

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

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April Moh
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

April Moh is SUSE’s first-ever Chief Communications Officer and is responsible for SUSE’s integrated communications team spanning public relations, internal and executive communications, brand, events, and customer marketing. She is also the executive sponsor of SUSE’s Women in Technology employee network. Prior to SUSE, April was VP and Global Head of Communications for SAP, and she has also managed communications for Microsoft and Concur. April began her career in the start-up world, helping daring upstarts gain market share, launch their companies, secure funding, and successfully get acquired.

April has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications & Media from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and she lives in the United States.

Christine Ashton

Chief Information Officer

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Christine Ashton
Chief Information Officer

Christine is Chief Information Officer at SUSE where she is responsible for the global IT function. She previously served as CIO in Residence at SAP and as Senior Vice President of Technology at Thomson Reuters Corp. Prior to SAP and Thomson Reuters, Christine held global roles in data driven companies: BP, BG Group (now part of RDS), Transport for London (TfL), United Utilities and Associated Octel.

Christine is a Non-Executive Director (NED) of the Royal Bank of Scotland International, she sits on the DIGIT Lab Advisory Board and is the Vice Chair of the British Computer Society's (BCS) Fellowes Advisory Task Group (FTAG).

She holds a Master's degree in Computing and Electronics and was awarded Fellowship of the BCS, where she also served 2 terms as a member of the strategic panel helping to advance its mission of Making IT good for Society.
 

Imran Khan

Chief Customer Officer and Interim Chief Revenue Officer

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Imran Khan
Chief Customer Officer and Interim Chief Revenue Officer

Imran is SUSE’s Chief Customer Officer and is responsible for Customer Renewals, Customer Service and Support and Customer Success. Imran has over 20 years’ experience building and leading successful customer success and services organizations for technology industry companies. With a passion for change and the customer experience, he is dedicated to delivering performance and value to customers, as well as to organizations and staff. Imran has held various global leadership positions at tech companies including BMC Software, JDA Software and Hewlett Packard.

Imran is a qualified accountant and holds a degree in business and finance from the University of Middlesex. Imran lives in the United Kingdom.

Ivo Totev

Chief Innovation Officer

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Ivo Totev
Chief Innovation Officer

Ivo Totev is SUSE's Chief Innovation Officer. In this role, he spearheads many important growth initiatives, including developing new strategic partnerships for high-growth areas and driving stronger value and experience for customers and partners. He is also responsible for helping customers reimagine their businesses through clear, customer-centric product strategy, as well as building brand equity and customer engagements focused on business outcomes. Ivo has over 25 years of experience in technology and has served as President of Product Marketing at SAP, CMO and Head of Cloud Business at Software AG, as well as the CMO of Unit4.

Ivo holds a degree in electrical engineering from Giessen university of applied sciences, and lives in Germany.

Kathryn Herrington

Chief People Officer

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Kathryn Herrington
Chief People Officer

Kathryn has over 25 years international HR experience in financial services and technology.

She most recently spent 10 years at CLS, the global settlement provider for the FX marketplace. Joining initially as CHRO, then promoted to CAO, Kathryn led a global team in both London and New York, working closely with the CEO and Board to drive strategy, transformation, scale-up and cultural re-engineering.

Prior to CLS Group, Kathryn held senior HR roles in a range of global financial institutions, including HSBC, Bank of America Corporation and Merrill Lynch.

Kathryn has long-term transatlantic experience and dual US-UK nationality, having operated out New York from 2002 to 2018. She is Vice Chair of the American European Business Association (AEBA) and is currently based in London.

Kathryn holds a Bachelor's degree in Economic and Social History from Bristol University.

Phillip Miltiades

Chief Sales Officer

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Phillip Miltiades
Chief Sales Officer

Phillip is SUSE’s Chief Sales Officer and is responsible for powering customer success through a unified GTM, enabled by sales excellence and productivity. He joined SUSE as President - Asia Pacific Japan in May 2020, supporting customers and partners in realizing successful business outcomes, before being promoted to Chief Sales Officer in November 2022.

Phillip has over 30 years of international business leadership experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining SUSE, he held leadership roles at major technology players including SAP, where he led the growth of multiple business units across the APJ region, and Intelligroup (NTT DATA).

Phillip has an entrepreneurial spirit, and prides himself on his ability to humanize the change that technology presents to people and corporations alike. Phillip has resided in the UK since November 2022.

He graduated from The University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science (Pure Maths & Computer Engineering), has an eMBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and is an alumnus of the INSEAD Executive Education program.

Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo

Chief Technology & Product Officer

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Dr. Thomas Di Giacomo
Chief Technology & Product Officer

Thomas Di Giacomo is Chief Technology and Product Officer for SUSE, where he leads our global Office of the CTO and Product and Solution Management. His team covers SUSE’s entire portfolio of products as well as innovation priorities. He is also responsible for driving and guiding SUSE's current and future technology and solutions, and for sharing SUSE’s vision with customers, partners, and key industry stakeholders.

Prior to his role, Thomas was SUSE’s President of Engineering & Innovation and was responsible for the rapid growth of SUSE’s expanding portfolio. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, serving in various global leadership and executive roles in engineering and product innovation.

Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Geneva, and lives in Switzerland.

Supervisory Board

Jonas Persson

Jonas Persson is the Chair of the Supervisory Board at SUSE.

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Jonas Persson

Jonas Persson is the Chair of the Supervisory Board at SUSE. Alongside this role, Jonas is Chair of several software companies including IFS, Sitecore and Acumatica. Additionally, he is a current member of the Board of Directors at Skandia. Jonas is the former CEO of Microsoft Sweden and has held a number of senior positions within Microsoft, including CTO of Microsoft EMEA and head of Microsoft’s Mobile Internet Business Unit. He has also served as Chairman of TransIP and Stormgeo, and held positions at Automic and TIA as a member of the Board of Directors.

Adrian T. Dillon

Adrian T. Dillon is the former CFO and CAO at Skype Limited and Execut...

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Adrian T. Dillon

Adrian T. Dillon is the former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Skype Limited and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Agilent Technologies. He was previously a member and Chairman of The Conference Board Council of Financial Executives. Adrian has held a number of Board positions, including at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Datto, Inc., WNS Holdings, Inc., NDS Group Limited, Verigy Pty and LumiLeds Inc. He is currently Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Cybersecurity Committee at HealthEquity, Inc..

Elke Reichart

Elke Reichart was the Chief Digital Officer at the TUI Group and the C...

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Elke Reichart

Elke Reichart was the Chief Digital Officer at the TUI Group and the Chief Executive Officer at TUI InfoTec GmbH until 31 December 2021. She has served in numerous positions at Hewlett-Packard and its subsidiaries in Europe and the United States. These positions include Vice President of HP Transformation Programme, Vice President of Strategy and Planning, Technology & Operations, Vice President of Global Sales Manager SAP, Director of Asset Management, and as Managing Director at Leasametric (a Hewlett-Packard subsidiary). Elke has served as a Member of the Supervisory Board at Hewlett-Packard Germany, and is currently a Member of the Supervisory Board at Bechtle AG, and is an Independent Non-Executive director at esure Group Plc (a Bain Capital portfolio company). She is an adviser to Cinven Limited and also a consultant at CureVac.

Henning Kagermann

Henning Kagermann is the former Chairman of the Executive Board and Ch...

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Henning Kagermann

Henning Kagermann is the former Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG. He has served in various roles at acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering), including President and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium). Previously, Henning was also a member of the Supervisory Board at Deutsche Post AG, MunichRe, BMW AG and Deutsche Bank. He currently serves as a member of the Supervisory Board at KUKA AG and at Mambu.

Johannes Reichel

Johannes Reichel is Managing Director and Head of Private Equity Germa...

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Johannes Reichel

Johannes Reichel is Managing Director and Head of Private Equity Germany at EQT, a member of EQT’s global Technology, Media and Telecoms team and a member of the Private Equity Investment Committee. He has held Board observer roles in EQT´s portfolio companies Automic Software, Lima Corporate and CBR and is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA, IFS AB and WorkWave Holdings, Inc.. He is also a Managing Director at RFO GmbH & Co. KG and RFO II GmbH & Co. KG. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Johannes worked in Mergers & Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank.

Nora M. Denzel

Nora M. Denzel is an American software executive with over 30 years of...

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Nora M. Denzel

Nora M. Denzel is an American software executive with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley. She has held several key C-Suite roles, including Senior Vice President in a number of product divisions at Legato Systems, HP Enterprise, and Intuit. At the board-level, Nora served as Board Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer at Outerwall, Inc. and served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committees at Saba Software and Talend SA. Nora currently serves on the Board of Directors at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), LME Ericsson, and NortonLifelock.

Philipp Woerner

Philipp Woerner is a Director at EQT Partners and a member of EQT's gl...

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Philipp Woerner

Philipp Woerner is a Director at EQT Partners and a member of EQT's global Technology, Media and Telecoms team. Prior to joining EQT, Philipp has worked at Providence Equity Partners in London and in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley in New York and Frankfurt. Philipp holds a Master's degree in Finance and Engineering from the Technical University of Munich.

Sheng Liang

Sheng Liang is the former President of Engineering and Innovation at S...

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Sheng Liang

Sheng Liang is the former President of Engineering and Innovation at SUSE where he led SUSE’s global team of engineers, and was responsible for the rapid growth of SUSE's expanding portfolio from the enterprise Linux operating system to the Rancher container management platform. Sheng is currently CEO and co-founder of Acorn Labs, Inc. and a non-executive director at Seal.io. Prior to SUSE, Sheng was Co-Founder and CEO of Rancher Labs, and CTO of the Cloud Platforms group at Citrix Systems. He started as a Staff Engineer in Java Software at Sun Microsystems, where he worked on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Sheng has a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He lives in the United States.