"Chema is a seasoned leader in the IT and cloud industry, with a proven track record in leading business transformations and building successful sales teams," said Infor CEO Kevin Samuelson.

"We are excited to have him on board to lead Asia Pacific, a region of tremendous opportunity and diversity.

"The APAC customers I have met are looking to technology to help accelerate innovation, grow and transform their businesses – be it quick access to data to attain better decision-making, or enhancing relationships with customers and with supply chains that have flexibility and agility so that their business models can be highly adaptive.

"Infor's multi-tenant CloudSuites are purpose-built for specific industries and enable organisations to drive greater operational efficiencies, scale their business quickly and achieve outstanding customer outcomes."

Aramburu has more than 20 years' experience in IT and cloud operations. He joins Infor from Oracle, where he was vice president of regional enterprise sales for Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud.

He previously worked in senior regional roles at SAP, had an earlier stint with Oracle (rising to the role of APAC senior sales director for Fusion Middleware), and served as Dell's sales manager for southern Europe.

Aramburu holds an MSc from Middlesex University London.

"As businesses increasingly look to digitise and scale their operations for greater agility and resiliency, technology and cloud will continue to be a key enabler. Infor is uniquely positioned to deliver industry-specific services and solutions to address the diverse challenges faced by businesses today, and I look forward to helping our customers navigate their transformation journey," he said.

"Instrumental to driving huge growth and success out here will be my team. People talent is one of Infor's greatest assets, and I am personally thrilled to be a mentor and coach, and to help develop and retain a high-performing team who will delight our customers at every touch point."