Appian Appoints Manuel Melles Regional VP in France and DACH

Appian established its France and Germany offices in 2012. In the last five years, Appian France and DACH have grown their headcount by 110% and continue to hire. Appian works with companies and organisations to improve workflows, automate processes, unify data and optimise operations for transformative outcomes. Key industries and Appian customers include:

• Nine of the world's top 10 life sciences companies, including Bayer AG and Sanofi.

• Five of the world's top 10 banks and other financial services companies, including an international bank and asset management company headquartered in France, one of the largest cooperative banks in DACH and Eastern Europe, Addiko Bank, Bankhaus von der Heydt and others.

• Public sector central agencies and local authorities in DACH and France, as Appian is certified on the Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue (C5) by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

Current Appian partners in France and Germany include Accenture, Bechtle, Capgemini, Deloitte, Infosys, KPMG, PwC, Roboyo, Sollers, TCS, WNS Vurum, Wipro and more. In his new role, Melles will lead Appian's partner management team in Central Europe and collaborate closely with partners to identify business opportunities, develop joint sales strategies and increase customer satisfaction. His focus will be on building close, stable and sustainable relationships with existing and new partners to strengthen Appian's growth and new customer acquisition in Central Europe.

"The partner business is based on building and maintaining strong and lasting relationships that benefit everyone involved, especially our customers," comments Manuel Melles. "As Aristotle said, 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.' I am highly motivated to work with the team at Appian to build and expand the partner ecosystem in the region to create sustainable growth."

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