Talent Development & Organisation


SAP's view

Mark Van Heijningen is VP and Head of Marketing EMEA North at SAP. He is a passionate believer in embracing a growth mindset, and explained at a recent event in London that he thinks that you now need a wide range of skills and experiences - from customer service to product and comms - to thrive in the modern marketing ecosystem.

Mark Van Heijningen

EVP, Head of Marketing EMEA | SAP

As an all-round marketeer with 15-plus years of experience in B2B high-tech marketing, Mark sees it as his personal mission to successfully combine technology, innovation and marketing. The transformation of ideas into tangible realistic choices supports the core of this mission. He’s committed to staying in line with strategy without losing sight of quality.


He shares his passion, energy and enthusiasm with professional colleagues, as well as doing his level best to inspire them to grow. His specialities are strategic planning, the implementation of result-oriented initiatives and the initiation of improvements.


As a Vice President of Marketing he is privileged to be so close to the front line of the development of innovative software solutions and applies them directly to his own work’.

Claim a space within the organisation


According to Mark, marketers need to work hard to dispel a common misconception within many organisations that anyone can "do the marketing". In this video interview he points to the CMO Growth Council as a great way to combine the voices of marketing leaders and "better claim our space at the table".

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