Nazia Pillay

Managing Director, SAP Southern Africa, SAP Southern Africa

Nazia Pillay is Managing Director, SAP Southern Africa of SAP Southern Africa, in the role since September 2025.

SAP Southern Africa is the regional arm of the German business software company. Pillay has spent her whole career at SAP, joining as a graduate consultant in 2003.

In the job

  1. SAP confirmed Nazia Pillay as permanent managing director for Southern Africa, succeeding Kholiwe Makhohliso. Source

Career before

  1. 2003Senior consultant, SAP Southern Africa
  2. Head of SAP Active Quality Management, SAP
  3. Customer Success Office Africa, SAP
  4. Head of the partner ecosystem, SAP Middle East and Africa South
  5. Interim managing director, SAP Southern Africa

Education

BCom in information systems and management, Rhodes University

Sources

  1. sap.com
  2. news.sap.com
  3. techcentral.co.za
  4. cio-sa.co.za
  5. itweb.co.za
  6. techcentral.co.za

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