Christian Klein (Chair)

CEO, SAP

Christian Klein
SAP

Christian Klein is Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. In his role, Klein holds the overall responsibility for the corporate strategic direction, management, and performance of SAP. 

Klein joined the SAP Executive Board in 2018 as the head of the Intelligent Enterprise Group, combining global responsibility for the development and delivery of SAP’s core applications with the cross-board area mandate for SAP’s global business operations. 

Klein started his career at SAP in 1999 as a student. After holding various positions across the company, including Chief Financial Officer of SAP SuccessFactors and SAP’s Chief Controlling Officer, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of SAP in 2016, a role in which he continued until 2021. On October 11, 2019, he was named Co-CEO of SAP SE together with Jennifer Morgan, before being appointed the sole CEO on April 20, 2020.

As Chair of the Generation Unlimited Board, Klein steers GenU's central strategic direction and decision-making and represents it at the highest level. He also works to rally support from the public and private sectors, driving efforts to advance GenU’s ambition to skill and connect the largest ever generation of young people in history to opportunities in education, employment and entrepreneurship. 

Klein holds a diploma in International Business Administration from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim, Germany.