Sapiens Adds Two Senior Leaders to Power Its Autonomous Enterprise and Brand Strategies
Nazir Esmail and Maggie Fox join ahead of Sapiens’ Customer Summit in Nashville
LONDON, 21 September 2026 – Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (“Sapiens”) today announced two new appointments to its leadership team, ahead of the company’s Customer Summit, Ignite, in Nashville, Tennessee, next month. The appointment of Nazir Esmail as Chief Autonomous Enterprise Officer (CAEO) and Maggie Fox as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) mark a significant expansion of Sapiens’ executive bench as the company builds for the future.
“As we continue to Advance the Possible, getting the right leadership in place accelerates everything else we’re trying to do,” said Paul Wheeler, Sapiens CEO Designate and Board member. “Nazir and Maggie bring exactly the experience and calibre we need as we accelerate our strategy. Strong leadership is what turns ambition into results, and I’m confident these appointments will strengthen us for the road ahead.”
Nazir Esmail joins as Chief Autonomous Enterprise Officer
Nazir Esmail joins Sapiens on Monday, 21 September, as Sapiens’ first Chief Autonomous Enterprise Officer.
In this newly created role, Esmail will lead the enterprise strategy that will ensure Sapiens works safely and effectively with AI and autonomous technologies. This brings together the technology, data, systems and security capabilities that underpin the business. Esmail has more than 25 years of global technology and transformation leadership experience. He joins from SoftwareOne, where he was Chief Information Officer and Digital Transformation Officer, leading the company’s global technology organisation and transformation agenda. His experience spans enterprise platforms, data, AI, cybersecurity and large-scale transformation.
“This is an incredibly exciting moment to be joining Sapiens,” Esmail said. “The chance to oversee the enterprise strategy that will ensure Sapiens works safely and effectively with AI and autonomous technology is exactly the kind of challenge I enjoy. I’m looking forward to working with the team to bring our technology, data, systems and security capabilities together and help shape what comes next for Sapiens and its customers.”
Maggie Fox to Join as Chief Marketing Officer
Maggie Fox will join Sapiens later this year as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
Fox brings extensive global marketing, digital and leadership experience. A two-time CMO and start-up founder, and formerly Global SVP of Digital Marketing at SAP, she is known for building brands, businesses and high-performing teams. Her most recent role was SVP, Portfolio & Digital Marketing at AVEVA.
“Sapiens is at a defining moment, and marketing has a real role to play in telling that story for our customers and for the market,” said Fox. “I’m excited to join a company with this depth of industry expertise and to help build a brand that matches the ambition of what Sapiens is doing for insurers around the world.”
About Sapiens
Sapiens is a global leader of AI-centric, SaaS-based insurance software, delivering hyper-relevant experiences that are efficient, compliant, and innovative. With agile intelligence, Sapiens’ solutions turn real-time data and human insight into precise action at every moment, across every risk. The Sapiens platform includes agentic workflows accelerating every capability across policy, underwriting, claims, reinsurance, decisioning, finance and compliance. With more than 600 insurers in over 30 countries running on Sapiens, our deep industry expertise is the foundation of our long-term relationships, from initial implementation through to modernisation and market transformation. Sapiens is headquartered in London, serving customers in property and casualty, life, reinsurance, specialty, and workers’ compensation from offices across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East including Israel where the company was founded. For more information, please visit Sapiens.com, or follow us on LinkedIn.
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Charlotte Otter
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