Leadership

Hartmut Wagner is Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board at Serrala. In his role, he oversees the company’s operations, driving its scalability and leading it towards the next steps in its evolutionary global growth. With a personal commitment to the governance principle of “Culture, People, Communication”, strong intercultural skills and global thinking, Hartmut facilitates a corporate culture, where innovation and collaboration can flourish.  

An experienced senior industry leader with deep expertise in SaaS and cloud, Hartmut Wagner draws on 25 years of global technology experience in business transformation and private equity. Prior to his appointment at Serrala in 2022, Hartmut Wagner was CEO at Collenda and has held senior leadership positions at Micro Focus, Hewlett Packard, and Exact, where he led the cloud business unit.

Christoph leads the operationalization of the corporate strategy through growth and transformational initiatives. In his role, he is responsible for customer success, solution success, marketing, strategic projects, M&A and integration.

Christoph has an extensive track record in international development and implementation of corporate growth strategies. At Serrala, he shaped the operational excellence to extend the significant company growth and executed against it through organic initiatives, selective M&A transactions and the integration of newly acquired companies into the group.

Prior to joining Serrala in 2016, he worked at the top management consultancy McKinsey & Company and for Waterland Private Equity. Christoph holds a BSc in Business Administration and a MSc in Management from ESCP Europe Business School.

Oliver is leading the global customer experiences of Serrala. In his role, he is responsible for applying a customer centric approach and generating growth results along the value chain, from onboarding, delivery/implementation, and customer support to customer engagement and renewal.

Oliver brings outstanding experience in driving and growing services for on-premise as well as cloud customers to Serrala. As CCSO, he focuses on building high-performing consulting, support and customer success teams as well as on delivering operational excellence to further accelerate growth and customer satisfaction.

Prior to joining Serrala, Oliver was a member of the senior leadership team at OpenText, a leading global provider of information management solutions, and spent the last 7 years leading the professional services units worldwide. Prior to this, he built local and regional services units, drove integrations, and implemented new business models to drive growth and cloud transformation.

Constantin is responsible for the global product development including product management, engineering, and quality assurance. He defines the technological strategy and innovation roadmap of the entire Serrala product and solution portfolio.

With his background in ERPs, cloud strategies and agile environments, Constantin understands the challenges companies face while increasing their level of automation and digitization. At Serrala, he builds future-proof products and drives the integration of new as well as the evolution of existing solutions to anticipate customer’s needs and requirements to move their finance functions into the digital age.

Constantin has extensive experience in project and process management, strategy and leadership. Prior to joining Serrala in 2020, he worked at one of the leading global ERP providers, Sage, leading the native cloud payroll portfolio in a global function. Constantin holds a master’s degree in Bioinformatics from Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany.
 

Axel oversees the global finance operations of Serrala and is responsible for all commercial areas of the company like HR, IT, Legal, and Administration. Axel uses his CFO lens to drive financial strategies and finance-related processes including accounting, financial planning & analysis that deliver a return in business transformation.

Axel brings substantial experience in heading fast-growing international organizations to the company. Before joining Serrala he held executive senior leadership roles at Unzer (formerly: heidelpay group), a fast-growing, innovative, and modular platform for international payments and at PharmaSGP SE (healthcare and pharmaceuticals), and Tom Tailor Holding SE where he managed the IPO in 2010.

Axel holds an MBA in Economics from Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-University, Hannover, and a Ph.D. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Chemnitz.

Mike is responsible for the global sales and revenue management. As an accomplished sales leader, Mike drives the strategy and execution of the company's worldwide go-to-market efforts to achieve the financial and strategic goals of Serrala.

With his proven track record in growing companies in software sales, including defining and executing global go-to-market strategies, building effective sales teams and developing strategic partnerships, Mike will further accelerate Serrala’s continued growth and deliver relevant and actionable insights to our clients to help them build competitive advantages.

Mike joins from Unit4 where he served as both CRO and COO, globally responsible for sales execution and field operations. Prior to Unit4, Mike held senior leadership roles at SAP, Software AG, and IBM.

I joined Serrala as Vice President HR on March 1, 2022 to lead the global HR organization. My background is 15 years of experience in building and developing HR departments, especially in organizational development, talent acquisition, and change management.

Before joining Serrala, I was focusing on implementing learning and development solutions as VP HR at Unzer, a FinTech company, and owned several senior leadership roles at XING / New Work SE in the growth phase from 500 to 2,000 employees.

Alok is heading the Indian leadership council to strengthen our local capabilities and continue to grow the Indian organization of the Serrala Group as an essential catalyst to deliver on global strategic priorities.

Alok has more than 20 years of experience across financial services, product development, technology consulting, and general management. With his strong expertise in incubating and scaling global in-house centers, Alok drives the acceleration and exciting global growth success story of the Serrala Group.

Before joining Serrala, Alok held leadership roles at Acquia, a PaaS-based digital experience company, at PRGX, a data analytics company with a focus on Accounts Payable, and spent 7 years of his career in varying business and management roles at Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.
 

Patrick is heading the North American leadership team and drives Serrala growth strategy in the North American region. He provides his creative vision for achieving the financial and strategic goals of Serrala, including the execution of the North American go-to-market strategy, leading and growing the sales team, and securing strategic partnerships.

Patrick has over 25 years’ experience in Senior Management roles in financial technology and an outstanding track record in taking high-growth companies to the next level and achieving revenue growth. Prior to joining Serrala, he was the Executive Vice President for the Reval and Treasura Product lines under the ION group. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.