Serrala Appoints new Chief Revenue Officer to the Executive Board

Mike Slater will lead the global sales organization of the B2B fintech, Serrala, as Chief Revenue Officer

Hamburg, October 22, 2021 – Serrala, a global financial automation and B2B payments software company, announced the appointment of Mike Slater as Chief Revenue Officer, effective October 25, 2021.

Mike Slater joins the Executive Board of Serrala to lead the global sales organization. In the past, Mike has been widely recognized for setting a high standard in the software industry for accelerating growth and generating best-in-class results, in both the mid and large enterprise sector.

Having spent decades in senior leadership roles at companies like IBM, Software AG and SAP, Mike joins Serrala from Unit4 where he served as CRO in addition to COO. In these roles, he took the go-to-marketing function and processes to new levels, implementing best practices and successfully growing the business.

“I am honored to be appointed to the Executive Board of Serrala in this exciting growth phase. My career has been modelled on entrepreneurial thinking, a passion to deliver unique and technology-fueled benefits to customers and a people centric leadership style”, Mike Slater points out. “The fascination to unite teams towards a common goal with clear objectives and to apply sales best practices to help individuals to excel is an integral part of what I love to do.”

Sven Lindemann, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, remarks: "I am very pleased to welcome Mike, a leader who has proven to be able to effectively steer and develop sales organizations to deliver above market growth results. Building on the strong foundation and success of Serrala that we have achieved so far, Mike’s expertise around shaping stellar customer sales journeys in software will help Serrala to realize the tremendous growth potential of the finance automation market and achieve our ambitious targets."