Serrala appoints Hartmut Wagner as its new CEO

Tuesday 9th August, 2022

Serrala has appointed senior industry leader Hartmut Wagner as its new CEO, his appointment will take effect from 15th August, 2022.

The transition comes as part of the company’s mission to continue accelerating its ongoing global growth and innovation program, which has seen Serrala transformed from a regional to global player with over 100M USD ARR under current CEO Sven Lindemann’s leadership.

Wagner, previously CEO at Collenda has also held senior leadership positions at Micro Focus, Hewlett Packard, and Exact where he led the cloud business unit. Sven Lindemann, Serrala’s CEO since 2011 will remain closely connected with the company as a significant minority shareholder and member of the Supervisory Board. 

Hartmut Wagner commented: “It is an exciting time to be joining Serrala as it paves the way for the future of finance globally. As a business committed to innovation and driven by a team of highly skilled experts, Serrala is well positioned to become the number one global trusted partner in financial services automation."

Sven Lindemann added: “We have embarked on an exciting journey starting out as a family-owned, pure cash and treasury solutions provider to become the innovative cloud and Software as a Service oriented organisation we are today. After building a successful company we now have a customer base that includes among the largest corporations worldwide.”