Board of Directors

 
* Informal committee

Adam Warby

Function: Chairman

Committee Membership: Nomination and Compensation Committee

Adam Warby is a UK citizen. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2021 and Chairman since 2023. He is also a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee.

Adam is the founder and previous Chief Executive Officer of Avanade, a leading provider of digital, cloud and advisory services and sustainable industry solutions. Before that, he held various management positions at Microsoft, most recently as General Manager Midwest in the US, from 1991 to 2000.

He currently serves as Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles International, a member of the Board of Directors of SimCorp A/S, and as a senior technology advisor to KKR.

Adam Warby holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College London.

Marie-Pierre Rogers

Function: Vice Chair

Committee Membership: Nomination and Compensation Committee (Chair)

Marie-Pierre Rogers is a Spanish citizen and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2023. She joined the Board of Directors as a member in 2019 (elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10 October). She is also the Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee.

Previously, Marie-Pierre led an executive career in Supply Chain and Transportation with DHL, FedEx and IATA, as well as in Technology at Citibank. She was CEO and member of the Board of CPGMarket.com from 2000 to 2006 and member of the Board of La Virgen from 2014 to 2017.

She also led Spencer Stuart’s Swiss and EMEA Supply Chain Board Practice leader and a member of the firm’s global Industrial and Technology, Media & Telecommunications practices between 2011 and 2022. She focused on non-executive and C-level roles in the technology and industrial spaces.

She currently also serves as an advisor to AELER Technologies.

Marie-Pierre Rogers holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Timo Ihamuotila

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Audit Committee (Chair)

Timo Ihamuotila is a Finnish citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2019 (elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10 October). He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Timo previously held various positions at Nokia Corporation, including Group Chief Financial Officer, and worked for Citibank plc. From April 2013 to April 2017, he was member of the Board of Directors of Uponor Corporation and Chairman of the Audit Committee. From 2011 to 2015, he served as member of the Board of the Finland Chamber of Commerce.

He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd, Switzerland, as well as member of the Board of Directors of Oras Invest Oy.

Timo Ihamuotila holds a Master of Science in Economics and a Licenciate of Science in Finance from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Daniel von Stockar

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Innovation Committee (Chair), Nomination and Compensation Committee and informal ESG Committee

Daniel von Stockar is a Swiss citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG. He is the Chairman of the Innovation Committee and a member of the Nomination and Compensation and ad hoc ESG Committees. Between 2013 and 2023, Daniel von Stockar was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG.

He is also the owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors of von Stockar Immobilien AG and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pro Domi AG.

Daniel von Stockar received his Master's degree in Economics from the University of Zurich in 1990, and his Doctorate in 1995.

Isabelle Romy

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Audit Committee and informal ESG Committee (Chair)

Isabelle Romy is a Swiss citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2021. She is also a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the ad hoc ESG Committee.

Previously, she was a Partner at two large law firms in Zurich, Member of the Board of Directors of UBS Group AG and of UBS AG (member of the Audit Committee and of the GNC) from 2012 to 2020, member of the ethical commission at the EPFL from 1999 until 2007, deputy judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court from 2003 to 2008 and a member of the Swiss Committee for UNICEF from 2015 to 2020.

She is currently a Partner at Kellerhals Carrard, Vice-Chairperson of the Sanction Commission of SIX Swiss Exchange and Chairperson of the Board of Central Real Estate Holding Ltd. and Rhystadt Ltd.

Isabelle Romy holds a Law degree (lic. iur) from the University of Lausanne and a PhD in Law (Dr. iur) from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a Professor of the University of Fribourg and the EPFL, Switzerland. She is admitted to the Zurich and Swiss Bar Association.

José Alberto Duarte

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Nomination and Compensation Committee and informal ESG Committee

José Alberto Duarte is a Portuguese citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2019 (elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 10 October). He is also a member of the Nomination and Compensation and ad hoc ESG Committees.

José has an extensive background in leading publicly listed and privately held global technology companies with a particular focus on high growth and transformation. He started his career at Unilever Portugal and Accenture (previously Andersen Consulting) and spent around 20 years in various positions at SAP. He was thereafter the Chief Executive Officer of Unit4 and Infinitas Learning until December 2018. From 2015 to 2021, he also held various Non-Executive Director positions at Bureau Van Dijk, TechEdge, Infovista, and Gelato.

Since January 2019, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Infovista and Chairman of the Advisory Board of ProAlpha. Since October 2019, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Expereo.

José Alberto Duarte majored in Accounting and Management at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa and completed post-graduate education in Global Leadership at Insead and Sales and Marketing at ISTE.

Jim Freeman

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Innovation Committee and Audit Committee

Jim Freeman is an American citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2022. He is also a member of the Innovation and Audit Committees.

Jim is a renowned product, technology, and digital platform expert. He served as Chief Business & Product Officer at Zalando, overseeing the development, marketing, and growth of Zalando’s consumer offerings, from April 2021 until April 2023 and as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from April 2019 until April 2021, having worked previously as SVP Engineering. Prior to this role, he worked for Amazon, where he served in product, technology, and general business management leadership roles for Prime Video from 2009 to 2016 and for Alexa Communications from 2017 to 2018. Before that, he was Chief Technology Officer at MaxMedia from 2007 to 2009.

He currently also serves as a senior advisor to Permira.

Jim Freeman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.

Elizabeth Theophille

Function: Member

Committee Membership: Audit Committee and Innovation Committee

Elizabeth Theophille is a British citizen and a member of the Board of Directors of SoftwareOne Holding AG since 2023. She is also a member of the Innovation and Audit Committees.

She has a strong track record of leading technology and digital transformations at multi-national organisations across several industries. Most recently, she served as Chief Technology Transformation Officer and held various leadership roles at Novartis from 2016 to 2023. Prior to that, she worked for Alcatel Lucent/Nokia (2011-16), Capgemini (2009-11) and BP (2005-09).

Elizabeth Theophille holds a Computer Science Degree, Glasgow College of Commerce and a BA with Honours in Business Administration, International Management Centre, Buckingham.