SNP Appoints Neeraj Athalye as Managing Director for India, Expanding AI-Ready SAP Transformation Strategy

Based in Mumbai, Athalye will lead SNP’s expansion in India and help organizations build the data foundations required for business AI through SNP’s Kyano® platform and Bluefield® approach. The appointment is expected to support organizations in accelerating SAP transformation, reducing downtime and building more secure, AI-ready data environments.

Athalye brings more than 30 years of experience across enterprise software, SAP, cloud technologies and business leadership. He has held senior positions at SAP, MatrixOne (Dassault Systèmes), Honda, John Deere, SUSE and, most recently, Icertis. His experience in building partner ecosystems, scaling high-growth businesses and driving customer-centric innovation will support SNP’s next phase of expansion in India.

The appointment comes as SNP expands its presence in Asia Pacific and continues to invest in AI-enabled capabilities for SAP transformations. At its annual flagship event, “Transformation World”, held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July, SNP introduced new Kyano capabilities to customers, partners and experts from across the global SAP ecosystem.

Kyano brings together software for data management, migration and continuous assessment of SAP landscapes, supporting organizations throughout their SAP transformation journeys. The platform also supports migrations from different ERP source systems and integrates partner capabilities through its ecosystem and Marketplace.

Among the new capabilities is Kyano Lorna, an Agentic AI Layer that draws on more than 30 years of SNP’s data transformation expertise to provide real-time insights and project-specific recommendations. Embedded directly into transformation projects, it helps customers execute transformations faster while maintaining high levels of accuracy, reliability and compliance.

Kyano Oros extends the platform to unstructured data, which accounts for approximately 80% of enterprise data volumes and has largely remained inaccessible to traditional transformation tools. The capability provides a foundation for preparing enterprise data landscapes for modern AI applications.

Together, these capabilities are designed to help organizations in India accelerate and simplify SAP transformations while preparing their data for business AI.

India continues to see growing demand for SAP transformation projects, driven by cloud adoption, digital transformation initiatives and increasing investment in AI. This makes the country an important market within SNP’s Asia Pacific strategy.

Under its partner-first approach, SNP plans to further expand its ecosystem of consulting, hyperscaler and technology partners. The company will combine Kyano with local delivery and industry expertise to support customers throughout their transformation projects and accelerate time-to-value.

Phillip Miltiades, President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Japan, SNP Group, said, “We see significant growth potential in India and across the Asia Pacific region. India represents one of the most exciting opportunities for SNP, with growing demand for solutions that simplify complex SAP transformation programs while minimizing business disruption. Neeraj’s experience will help us further expand our market presence and strengthen our partner-first strategy to deliver scalable, software-led transformation outcomes.”

SNP, ticker SHF.DE, is a global technology platform leader and trusted partner for companies seeking data-enabled transformation capabilities and business agility. Its Kyano® platform integrates capabilities and partner offerings to provide a comprehensive software-based experience in data migration and management.

Combined with the Bluefield® approach, Kyano provides an industry standard for restructuring and modernizing enterprise data faster and more securely while harnessing AI-driven innovations based on more than 30 years of experience.

The company works with more than 3,000 customers of all sizes and across all industries in over 80 countries, including numerous DAX 40 and Fortune 500 companies. The SNP Group has more than 1,700 employees worldwide across more than 34 locations in 22 countries.

Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, SNP generated revenues of around EUR 297 million in the 2025 fiscal year. The appointment of Neeraj Athalye as Managing Director, India strengthens the company’s leadership and partner-first strategy as it expands its AI-enabled SAP transformation capabilities across the Indian market.