Expense management supplier Concur aims to continue growth of its European presence with a new management team for operations in the regions.
The company on Sept. 28 announced that vice president of international sales and marketing Barry Padgett would take over as senior vice president and general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Concur also has hired new vice presidents of sales and marketing for the region: Wayne Foncette, formerly the sales leader at European sales organization Salesforce.com, and Isabel Montesdeoca, who has 10 years experience in senior marketing roles in Europe's telecom software industry.
Concur in August acquired competitor Etap-On-Line
(BTNonline, Aug. 17), and that company's co-founders also have joined Concur's European management team. Pierre Higelin now is Concur's senior director of research and development for France, and Pierre Emmanuel Tetaz is the company's regional senior director of sales, marketing and business development in France.
Concur has pinpointed Europe as a targeted growth market, with the company reporting a 75 percent increase in sales, marketing, R&D and operations in the region over the past year.