Proactis, the spend management experts, has announced that Chad Gottesman has joined the company’s Board of Directors.

Chad is a Fortune 500 leader with extensive experience in international growth strategies, sales channel expansion, complex contract negotiations and people development.

He brings significant industry expertise from his 10+ years at Accenture, where he spent most of his time as the Global Managing Director of the Sourcing and Procurement business, and as Global Leader of Sustainability for Accenture Operations.

Tim Sykes, CEO at Proactis, commented: “Chad’s move into this role is a real statement of confidence in our strategy. We are delighted to be able to call on Chad’s experience of building impactful companies as we continue our journey of substantial growth across North America, UK, France, Netherlands and DACH. Chad’s international Source-to-Pay knowledge will help inform the direction of our product roadmap and go-to-market strategies, perfectly complementing our work to become the leading international mid-market spend management solutions provider."

Chad commented: “I’m delighted to join the Proactis Board of Directors at this exciting time. Proactis is a proven high-value player, recognised by customers, partners and analysts alike. The company has huge potential to further its mid-market reach and I’m looking forward to being part of its on-going success story.”