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Suse S.a.: Suse Names New CFO and CSO, Completing Strengthened Executive Leadership Team

Aug 14, 2023almost 2 years ago

Position

Chief Financial Officer

Company

SUSE

Ian Halifax
NurembergSoftwareEnterprise SoftwareInformation Technology

Description

LUXEMBOURG – August 14, 2023 – SUSE®, the company behind SUSE Linux Enterprise , Rancher and NeuVector and a global leader in enterprise open source solutions, today announced the appointment of Ian Halifax as Chief Financial Officer by the SUSE Supervisory Board. He will also join the SUSE Management Board and Executive Leadership Team. Halifax will take over as CFO on December 11, 2023, following a handover with interim CFO Jonathan Atack, who retains full responsibility for the role until then. SUSE today also announced the appointment of Frank Feldmann as Chief Strategy Officer , effective immediately

Company Information

Company

SUSE

Location

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

About

SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and secure enterprise-grade open source solutions, relied upon by more than 60% of the Fortune 500 to power their mission-critical workloads. We specialize in Business-critical Linux, Enterprise Container Management and Edge solutions, and collaborate with partners and communities to empower our customers to innovate everywhere – from the data center to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the "open" back in open source, giving customers the ability to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow. The company employs more than 2,000 people globally. SUSE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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