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Tuesday, April 30 2019 - 06:13
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SAP Concur Taps Jim Lucier, Chief Revenue Officer for North America and Chief Services Officer, to Lead Business Through Next Stage of Growth
BELLEVUE, Wash., Apr. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

SAP Concur, the world's leading provider of integrated travel, expense, and 
invoice management solutions, today announced the appointment of Jim Lucier as 
president.

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A long-time veteran of SAP Concur, Jim Lucier will take on the top leadership 
post and continue to lead best-in-class experiences for business travelers, 
travel managers and finance leaders around the world. Jim Lucier, SAP Concur's 
former Chief Revenue Officer for North America and Chief Services Officer, will 
fully transition to the position on July 1, 2019, driving SAP Concur's 
continued growth of travel, expense and invoice solutions for customers 
worldwide.

After 17 years with the company, Mike Eberhard made the decision to retire 
earlier this year. Eberhard has served as president of SAP Concur since October 
2016, following SAP's acquisition of the company. During his tenure, Eberhard 
played a pivotal role in helping lead the organization through some of its most 
significant growth - globally and alongside SAP. Over the next three months, 
Eberhard will transition his role over to Jim Lucier. After July 1, 2019, 
Eberhard will support SAP Concur as an advisor. 

"SAP Concur will continue to drive its aggressive strategy to help companies of 
all sizes better manage spend," said Mike Eberhard, SAP Concur president. "I 
can't think of anyone better equipped than Jim to lead SAP Concur in its next 
phase of innovation and expansion."

Another SAP Concur veteran and former GM and SVP, Global SMB, Christal Bemont, 
has been promoted to lead global sales for the company. She will serve as chief 
revenue officer, reporting into Mike Eberhard until the leadership transition 
in July.  

Barry Padgett, former president of SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass has taken on a 
larger role as president of SAP Intelligent Spend Group, comprised of SAP 
Ariba, SAP Fieldglass and SAP Concur. In this role, Barry will drive SAP's work 
to provide customers the ability to manage three primary categories of supplier 
spending, centralizing all of this spending across all of these sources and all 
of these suppliers in one place. SAP, with its Ariba (procurement), Concur 
(travel, expense and invoice), and Fieldglass (workforce management) solutions, 
is the only vendor that can bring this level of visibility and control to 
organizations around the world. 

"Having worked closely with Mike, Jim and Christal at SAP Concur, the wealth of 
knowledge, experience and passion they have for serving our customers are 
unmatched and are hallmarks of their leadership," said Barry Padgett, SAP 
Intelligent Spend Group president. "I want to personally thank Mike for all 
he's done to set SAP Concur up for continued global success." 

Lucier joined SAP Concur in 2008 and has held a series of executive roles, 
including GM for the Federal Government Business unit, Chief Services Officer, 
overseeing the Services, Support and Customer Experience teams, and most 
recently expanded his responsibilities with the appointment to Chief Revenue 
Officer, North America.

"Customers are under increasing pressures to optimize company spend across all 
sources and categories as they respond to the demands of a fast-moving digital 
and global economy," Lucier said. "I'm thrilled about the opportunity to 
continue to work alongside, Barry, Christal and Mike as we address these 
pressing customer challenges and continue to grow our business."

About SAP Concur 
SAP Concur is the world's leading provider of integrated travel, expense, and 
invoice management solutions, driven by a relentless pursuit to simplify and 
automate these everyday processes. With SAP Concur, a top-rated app guides 
employees through every trip, charges are effortlessly populated into expense 
reports, and invoice approvals are automated. By integrating near real-time 
data and using AI to audit 100% of transactions, businesses can see exactly 
what they're spending without worrying about blind spots in the budget. SAP 
Concur eliminates yesterday's tedious tasks, makes today's work easier, and 
helps businesses run at their best every day. Learn more at concur.com ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2448898-1&h=4207564455&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.concur.com%2F&a=concur.com 
) or the SAP Concur blog ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2448898-1&h=564718271&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.concur.com%2Fnewsroom&a=blog 
).

Media Contact: 
Michelle Craig
concurpr@sap.com

SOURCE: SAP Concur
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