Steve Hare
Chief Executive Officer
2018 – Present
8 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Joined Sage as Chief Financial Officer in 2014 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in November 2018. Executed a decisive corporate turnaround by shedding non-core, distracting international subsidiaries (divesting Sage France, Sage Switzerland, and payroll processing units) to refocus the group purely on Sage Business Cloud subscriptions. Scaled annualized recurring subscription revenue from under 50% to over 80% of total revenue, expanded Sage Intacct globally, and presided over record operating margins, driving Sage's market capitalization to all-time highs in the FTSE 100.
Legacy
The transformative turnaround leader who modernized Sage from a legacy desktop software collector into a focused, highly profitable cloud SaaS titan.