(openPR) - KIEV, July 26, 2010 - HansaWorld, an award-winning provider of Integrated Business Platforms, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Stanislav Birov, a former HansaWorld partner manager for Ukraine and CIS, as the company’s new country manager for Ukraine and CIS. Vadim Utkin, who served as a country manager for Ukraine and CIS, has resigned, effective July 1, 2010.

Vadim Utkin joined HansaWorld in 2008 to serve as the head of the newly created HansaWorld Ukraine office. Despite the effects of the global financial crisis, during his 2.5 years with the company, Vadim Utkin had achieved notable success by establishing a solid partner and customer base as well as making the HansaWorld brand and its products recognisable not only in Ukraine, but also in the other CIS member countries.

“Eastern European market is very important to HansaWorld. We are currently focusing on the Ukrainian and Russian localisation of our products with the localisation for Kazakhstan soon to follow. Also, we have introduced 0% financing on our products to help businesses deal with the aftereffects of the global financial crisis. This incentive is specific to the CIS region," said Karl Bohlin, HansaWorld managing director.

Statement from Stanislav Birov, HansaWorld Country Manager for Ukraine and CIS Countries:

“On behalf of the entire HansaWorld organisation, I would like to thank Vadim Utkin for his 2.5 years of service to the company. During those years the CIS regional offices had shown significant growth and development. We are going to proceed with the current company strategy, while putting a bigger emphasis on localisation of our software as well as expansion to the previously untapped industries such as professional services, hotels and restaurants and point of sale. Our network of partners in the region is very strong. We have over 15 active business partners that we are working closely with to help them establish themselves on the regional market.”

Press Contact:

Alexander Shikhmuradov
HansaWorld, Stockholm
shikhmuradov@hansaworld.com
www.hansaworld.com

HansaWorld provides an award-winning Integrated Business Platform covering Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning and Accounts together with a wide selection of industry-specific solutions, to more than 74,000 clients in 110 countries around the world. The solutions are available in 29 languages, run on all major platforms and support mobile use via laptops, PDAs, Nokia smartphones and Apple iOS devices. HansaWorld is represented in many of the countries in Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

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Alexander Shikhmuradov
HansaWorld, Stockholm
shikhmuradov@hansaworld.com
www.hansaworld.com