Appointments

Workday appoints Sayan Chakraborty to Co-President

Workday, Inc, a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has appointed Sayan Chakraborty as Co-President. Besides, the company also announced the appointment of  Robynne Sisco to Vice Chair, and the election of Mark Hawkins as an independent director of its board of directors.

In his new role, Sayan, who holds a seat on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), will lead the Product and Technology organisation in its ongoing efforts to deliver new solutions that help Workday customers adapt to change at scale.

These appointments are aimed to focus on areas including artificial intelligence and machine learning and expanding Workday's financial management momentum.

"Sayan has not only been the driving force behind our innovation strategy and ability to scale our platform to support and enable the world's largest organisations, but he is a true AI and ML visionary in enterprise software," said Aneel Bhusri, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Chair, Workday.

"Thanks to Sayan's efforts, Workday is well-positioned to drive the future of work and we are pleased to recognise his leadership role across the organisation now as Co-President. Additionally, we look forward to the continued impact that Robynne will make as Vice Chair in helping to drive our momentum and advance Workday's position as a leader in cloud finance."

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