|  SPEAKER  •  Daniel Schmid, SAP

Daniel Schmid started his career in 1992 as a consultant at Kiefer & Veittinger, a CRM company that was acquired by SAP in 1997. In 1996 Schmid became Business Unit Manager, followed by his role as Consulting Director at SAP Labs Mannheim in 1998. In 1999 Schmid took on the responsibility for SAP CRM Consulting. As Vice President, he managed the integration of SAP CRM Consulting into SAP Germany and continued to lead the CRM Consulting Division. From 2004, Schmid held various senior management positions within SAP Consulting across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. From 2009, Schmid headed up Sustainability Operations. In June 2014 Schmid assumed the role as Chief Sustainability Officer and is globally responsible for sustainability at SAP. He is a member of the steering committee of econsense, a forum for sustainable development of German business.

Schmid holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.