Anaplan (USA) - Press Release: Anaplan names Neil Thomas as Senior Vice President of Applications - Finance to extend company’s leadership in configurable and fully upgradeable applications for the Office of the CFO.

Anaplan, the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment, announced that Neil Thomas has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Applications - Finance. Thomas will lead the development of Anaplan Applications for the Office of the CFO - tailor-made solutions with built-in best practices that fully leverage the flexibility, capabilities and configurability of the Anaplan Scenario Analysis and Planning Platform. This solution portfolio includes Anaplan’s Integrated Financial Planning and Operational Workforce Planning Applications, as well as the company’s marketing-leading Financial Close & Consolidation and Disclosure Management Applications.

Thomas began his career in finance, including as vice president of finance for datacomms startup Tricom Group, which grew to become the largest UK networking company, scaling revenues from $5 million to over $40 million. Since then, he’s spent more than 20 years selling to and serving finance leaders in senior Go-to-Market (GTM) roles at organizations including Prevedere, Adaytum, Adaptive Insights, and Vena Solutions. Based in San Francisco, Thomas holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and a Master’s degree from the University of West London.

In his new role at Anaplan, Thomas will report to Anaplan’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, Adam Their, and will collaborate closely with the company’s Go to Market (GTM) team, ensuring that Anaplan continues to deliver out-of-the-box best practices that dramatically accelerate time to value, reduce cost and eliminate implementation risk.

“Adding a proven leader who has distinctive understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by finance organizations was a critical requirement for ensuring that we expand our customers’ return on their Anaplan investment,” said Chief Product & Technology Officer Adam Thier. “Neil’s deep finance acumen, coupled with his extensive GTM experience, will accelerate our ability to deliver innovation that continues to help customers optimize decision making while outpacing their competition and the market.”

“Neil’s expertise in solving the most pressing problems facing the Office of the CFO makes him a perfect fit for guiding our innovation roadmap, and expanding our market leading offerings,” added Chief Revenue Officer Bill Schuh. “His more than 20 years serving and selling to the Office of the CFO gives him unique insight into the needs of our customers. His primary objective will be to ensure that our solutions deliver exceptional outcomes to finance. organizations by speeding decision-making, lowering costs and accelerating time to value. Neil’s experience will strengthen the connection between our continuous product innovation and our ability to exceed customer expectations.”

Thomas' appointment follows the company's announcement earlier this year that outlined a $500 million multi-year innovation roadmap investment that is delivering breakthrough platform capabilities, AI, and a comprehensive portfolio of finance, supply chain, sales & marketing and HR & workforce applications designed to help enterprises make better, faster and more effective decisions.

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