Steve Hare (businessman)

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Steve Hare
BornApril 1961 (age 60)[1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCEO of Sage Group

Stephen Hare (born April 1961) is a British businessman and chief executive officer of the multinational enterprise software company Sage Group.

Career[]

Hare joined General Electric Company in 1989 and had a number of roles eventually becoming chief financial officer (CFO) of its successor, Marconi plc.[2] After leaving Marconi, Hare took up CFO roles at Spectris plc from 2005 to 2006 and Invensys from 2006 to 2009.[2] Hare then became a partner at Apax Partners from 2009 to 2013.[2]

In 2014 Hare joined Sage Group as CFO.[2] During his time as CFO, Sage made its biggest acquisition, Intacct, in July 2017 for $850M.[3]

On 31 August 2018, Sage announced that the board and the then current Sage CEO, Stephen Kelly, had come to an agreement and that Kelly had stepped down as a director and CEO.[4] Immediately following Kelly's departure Hare was appointed chief operating officer on an interim basis.[4] On 2 November 2018 Steve Hare was appointed CEO on a full-time basis.[5] In a 2020 poll Glassdoor named Hare the UK's number 1 CEO during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Stephen Hare". Companies House. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Appointment of Chief Financial Officer". Sage Group plc. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Sage Group buys Intacct accounting software for £850m". Tech Crunch. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Sage Group plc (the Group) announces today that the Board and Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, have come to an agreement and Stephen has stepped down as a director and CEO". Sage Group. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Appointment of Group Chief Executive Officer". Sage Group plc. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ Stansell, Amanda (16 September 2020). "Highest Rated CEOs During the COVID-19 Crisis". Glassdoor Economic Research. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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