Episode 73: Leaders cultivating a culture of inclusion – Meaghan Riley

Guest: Meaghan Riley, Chief Operating Officer, Global Strategic Segments Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and GTM SAP is committed to being one of the most diverse and inclusive software companies in the world. And leaders play an indispensable role in creating an inclusive culture. My guest today, Meaghan Riley is one such leader. As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and I am a Senior Business Development Specialist at SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and Go-to-market; and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast. My guest today is none other than, Meaghan Riley. Meaghan is the Chief Operating Officer for Global Strategic Segments at SAP. She has 20 years’ experience leading sales teams to help C-Level executives define and achieve their Digital Transformation objectives across a broad range of industries. As COO of Global Strategic Segments, she is responsible for leading the operational functions of the business and ensuring successful execution in the field globally across the Platinum Customer Unit, Strategic Customer Program, and Private Equity segments which make up the top of the SAP GTM pyramid. In this role, she leads global GTM for these strategic segments and works closely with global and regional leaders to ensure execution of budget attainment, strategic pipeline growth, and progression of strategic customer engagement across the three segments. She served as Vice President, Strategic Customer segment in North America until taking on her current role. She holds a B.S. in Communications and Business Management from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and Yorkshire Terrier. More on that on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast. Follow Akshi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshimohla/ Follow Meaghan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meaghanriley/ HBR article regarding the financial value of diversity: https://hbr.org/2018/07/the-other-diversity-dividend HBR article “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome” : https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome Please like, share and subscribe! Give us feedback or provide us your questions at [email protected].