Potsdam, Germany | * 14 September 1972 Nationality: German
Member of the Executive Board of the Hasso Plattner Foundation, Potsdam, Germany, and Managing Director of the General Partner of HPC Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Potsdam, Germany
Education
1997 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Hamburg- Harburg, Germany
2005 Ph.D. in Business Administration, University Bamberg, Germany
Current Memberships
Membership of supervisory boards and comparable bodies of publicly listed companies: None
Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of non-public companies: Sharks Sports & Entertainment LLC, San José,
California, USA, Advisory Board
Alignment with profile of skills and expertise
Software industry
Finance and accounting
Strategy
Career
1997 - 2002 Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Business Consultant
2000 - 2002 N.B.A. Nordbayrische Business Angels GmbH, Nuremberg,
Germany - Founder and Managing Director
2003 - 2006 EXASOL AG (formerly exasol GmbH), Nuremberg, Germany - Co-Founder and Managing Director
Since 2012 HPC Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Potsdam, Germany - Managing Director of the General Partner
Since 2015 Hasso Plattner Foundation, Potsdam, Germany - Member of the Executive Board
Classification: Independent
There are no relevant personal or business relations to SAP SE or its group companies, the corporate bodies of SAP SE or a shareholder directly or indirectly holding more than 10% of the voting shares in SAP SE. Dr. Westphal has a business relationship with Prof. Dr. Plattner, the chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE. He is managing director of the general partner of HPC Germany GmbH & Co. KG, the Investment Office of Prof. Dr. Plattner, which manages his private wealth including his shareholding in SAP SE. Furthermore, Dr. Westphal is a member of the Executive Board of the non-profit Hasso Plattner Foundation, which was founded by Prof. Dr. Plattner but is independent of him. The Foundation holds SAP shares amounting to less than 3% of SAP SE's registered share capital. Prof. Dr. Plattner is not a controlling shareholder of SAP SE.
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