Source: Shiji

Shiji Group has appointed Sven Maas as the new Regional Head of EMEA. As Senior Vice President-EMEA, Mr. Maas will take the leadership role of the Shiji Hospitality business, responsible for the P&L for all of Shiji Europe, Middle East, and Africa businesses for all product lines.

Having already built a strong team across Europe, he will now lead all Hospitality teams across the portfolio to propel growth in the EMEA market.

Prior to his Shiji Group experience, Mr. Maas held a lengthy career of over 16 years at MICROS Systems with various roles, including Senior Vice President of POS Division Europe, Africa & Middle East, Vice President, Strategic Sales (Hotels) Europe, Africa & Middle East, and Director of Strategic Projects EMEA, as well as the Senior Director of Sales in Global Account Management for ORACLE upon acquisition of MICROS.

"Sven is not unfamiliar to Shiji," said Kevin King, COO of Shiji Group, "In his previous role as VP of Sales, Global Key Accounts, Sven was able to leverage two decades of hospitality IT experience to introduce advanced cloud-based solutions to the EMEA region. We are fully confident that he will be able to expand on these foundations, and continue Shiji's expansion in EMEA."

"I am excited to be taking on this new role at Shiji," Mr. Maas replied, "I look forward to driving Shiji's objective of shifting the hospitality technology landscape in the region, and bringing innovative, data-centric solutions to our clients and their guests."

About Shiji Group

Shiji is a multi-national technology company that provides software solutions and services for enterprise companies in the hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment industries, ranging from hospitality technology platform, hotel property management solutions, food and beverage and retail systems, payment gateways, data management, online distribution and more. Founded in 1998 as a network solutions provider for hotels, Shiji Group today comprises over 5,000 employees in 80+ subsidiaries and brands in over 31 countries, serving more than 91,000 hotels, 200,000 restaurants and 600,000 retail outlets. For more information, visit www.shijigroup.com.

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