Guy Berruyer
Guy Serge Berruyer (born 12 August 1951) is a French businessman, former chief executive (CEO) of Sage Group plc, a British multinational enterprise software company.
Early life
Born in 1951, Berruyer's university education was at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, where he trained as an engineer. He also holds an MBA from Harvard University.[1][2]
Career at Sage
Berruyer joined Sage Group in 1997 to run its French operations.[3][4] He took over the position from Pierre-Yves Morlet, who was the founder of Ciel, the French software business that Sage acquired in 1992.
Previously he held the position of Country Manager and then European Director for the US software company Intuit. Prior employment included the French software company Groupe Bull where he was director of marketing until 1990 and Claris, where he created the French division and grew into the role of European manager until 1994.[2] He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Sage in January 2000.[5] He had responsibility for Mainland European operators and operations in Asia.[6][2]
Mainland Europe represented the circa 70% of Sage's European revenues in the year to September 2009 and circa 60% of its profits. Europe was the largest region in terms of sales and profitability for Sage in 2009, generating £763 million of revenues and an EBITA profit of £192 million. This compares with the North American divisions revenues of £576 million and EBITA profit of £105 million with the rest of the world generating revenues of £100 million and EBITA profit of £24 million.[7]
On 1 October 2010 Berruyer succeeded Paul Walker as CEO of Sage Group.[8][9] In May 2014, Sage announced that Berruyer was to retire;[10][11] Stephen Kelly became Sage Group CEO in November 2014.[12][13]
Career after Sage
In 2019, he became chairman at Softomotive, a provider of Robotic Process Automation solutions.[14]
Notes and references
- ^ BERRUYER, Prénom Nom : Guy; Vit à : BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, France; ans), Né le : 12 août 1951 (67; société, Profession : Directeur de. "Guy BERRUYER". Copains d'avant. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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- ^ "Guy Berruyer". Les Echos. 14 November 1997. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Sage chief reveals plans to step down from software group". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Sage appoints Guy Berruyer chief executive". BBC News. 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ Directors' Biographies Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Performance Summary 2009" (PDF). sage.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Group Chief Executive". Sage Group plc. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ Garside, Juliette (2014-05-08). "Sage chief executive retires after 17 years". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Sage Group says Guy Berruyer to retire as chief executive". reuters.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ Dean, Nic Fildes, James (2024-05-28). "Sage chief Guy Berruyer retires on a high". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "New CEO at Sage Group takes up his post". The Journal. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Stephen Kelly becomes the new sage of Sage". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Softomotive announces Guy Berruyer, former CEO of Sage Group, as Chairman". Retrieved 2024-05-28.