Temenos AG, the banking software company, announced it is strengthening its Executive Committee as part of its strategy to both promote internal talent and attract top leaders in the market with experience in high-growth technology organizations.
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Temenos is announcing the following changes to its Executive Committee, effective immediately:
- Alexa Guenoun is appointed Chief Operating Officer, replacing Jean-Michel Hilsenkopf, who is retiring after more than 27 years’ service at Temenos. Alexa will have responsibility for global business operations and the services delivery and support organization which she takes over from Colin Jarrett. She will also continue to lead Temenos’ Global Partner organization. Alexa joined Temenos in 2006 and has held a number of senior leadership and Executive Committee roles across Temenos’ sales and business operations functions in several regions.
- Colin Jarrett will continue in his role as Chief Cloud Officer, focusing on leading Temenos’ SaaS and cloud organization.
- Jaqueline White has been recruited as President of Americas, taking over from Alexa, with responsibility for the North and South America regions. Jaqueline is a seasoned US executive having held world-wide senior leadership positions most recently at DXC, as well as Oracle, SAP and Accenture.
- David Macdonald, who joined the company in 2020, is joining the Executive Committee as President of Europe. David will lead the growth, development and P&L of Temenos’ business across the region. Prior to Temenos, David was the Chief Sales Officer of US-based analytics software company SAS Institute Inc. where he served for over 20 years leading the global sales divisions.
- Jean-Paul Mergeai is promoted to the Executive Committee as President of APAC and MEA. Jean-Paul will build on his great track record in Middle-East and Africa, where he has been Managing Director since 2014, to accelerate growth in the Asia Pacific region.
- Deirdre Dempsey-Leclercq is promoted to the Executive Committee as Chief Legal Officer. Deirdre, who has been with Temenos since 2001, will continue to lead the legal and compliance function.
- Philip Barnett is promoted to the Executive Committee as President of Strategic Growth. Philip has been with Temenos since 2003 and is focused on leveraging global technology partners to generate new growth revenue streams for the company.
- The following members remain on the Executive Committee: Takis Spiliopoulos as Chief Financial Officer, Mark Winterburn as Chief Product and Technology Officer and Monica Rancati as Chief Human Resource Officer.
