SAP Appoints Sophia Mendelsohn as Chief Sustainability and Commercial Officer

Mark Segal September 4, 2023

Leading enterprise application software company SAP announced the appointment of Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn as Chief Sustainability and Commercial Officer and Co-GM of SAP Sustainability, with responsibility for furthering SAP’s existing sustainability software solutions and corporate sustainability vision.

Mendelsohn joins SAP after serving as Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of ESG at professional services firm Cognizant. Prior to joining Cognizant in 2020, she held a variety of sustainability-related positions at JetBlue, including serving as the airline’s Chief Sustainability Officer and as Head of Sustainability and ESG.

In a social media post announcing the appointment, Mendelsohn said:

“Throughout my conversations with SAP, I was struck by the leadership’s vision of how climate and circularity are already interwoven into our future global economy, and therefore our customers’ success. This is a company where ‘commitment’ has matured into investment and strategy.”

Mark founded ESG Today following a 20 year career in investment management and research. Prior to founding ESG Today, Mark worked at Delaney Capital Management (DCM) in Toronto, Canada, most recently as the firm’s head of U.S. equities. While at DCM, Mark was part of the firm’s ESG team, responsible for evaluating and tracking the sustainability factors impacting portfolio companies, and assessing the suitability of companies for portfolio inclusion. Mark also spent several years in the sell-side research industry, covering the technology and services sectors. Mark holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York, a BBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, and is a CFA charterholder.