Simon Tate appointed as President of Asia-Pacific, Workday

Workday has appointed Simon Tate to the role of President of Asia-Pacific, with effect from November 6 this year, 

Tate will be joining Workday from his previous position as President for Asia Pacific at Adobe. Prior to that, he has held senior sales leadership roles at organisations like Salesforce, SAP, and Dell EMC. Tate will be reporting to Patrick Blair, President Global Sales at Workday.

The Workday Japan business will remain under the leadership of Takumi Masai, President of Japan and who will also be reporting directly to Blair.

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“With over 25 years’ experience in the enterprise software industry, I have seen many transformative technologies and I’ve long admired Workday as a leader and visionary in enterprise cloud applications,” said Tate. “It is an exciting time to be joining Workday, as we see the power of AI shape the future of work. When combining that with Workday’s employee and customer-focused culture, we are well poised to seize the immense opportunity in front of us.”