Patron
Franck Cohen
Chairman,
Cye, GoCardless and Nomadia
Boardwave Patron
Franck Cohen is the former President of SAP Digital Core & Industry Solutions. In this role, Franck was leading a team of 15,700 engineers. Where he has invested massively in ML and AI as the main catalyst of the SAP digital transformation
Prior to that, Franck Cohen was the global chief customer officer at SAP. Franck joined SAP in 2009 as Senior Vice President, and COO for EMEA. In 2011, he was appointed President of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Franck began his career in 1987 when he created an ERP company in France. Ten years later, he joined Intentia, a Swedish ERP company after they acquired his company, where he held several roles including General Manager of EMEA and EVP of Sales Worldwide. In 2006, when Intentia merged with Lawson Software. He subsequently relocated to the United States to lead the North American and the EMEA organisation.
Franck studied Mathematics and Electronic Engineering. He is an advisor for Highradius and C3.AI and he is the chairman of CYE , a cyber security company in Israel. He is also the chairman of GoCardless, a payment platform in the UK and the chairman of Nomadia in France