With the appointment of Arnaud Lagarde as its new Vice President (VP) of Sales for EMEA, the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) vendor aims to strengthen regional growth, deepen customer relationships, and accelerate the adoption of intelligent process automation solutions across key markets.
ABBYY, an Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) vendor, announced on May 13, 2025, the appointment of Arnaud Lagarde as its new VP of Sales EMEA. In this position, Lagarde will lead revenue growth and strategy across the EMEA region, develop key partnerships, guide customers through their digital transformation, and more.
Arnaud Lagarde joins ABBYY from OctaiPipe, an AI-powered optimization software solution, where he most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer. Lagarde brings extensive sales and technical expertise in the field of AI-powered optimization, with previous roles including Vice President Europe at Automation Anywhere.
Arnaud Lagarde commented on his new role: “I’m thrilled to be joining ABBYY as we enter a pivotal moment for intelligent automation across EMEA. With a background in scaling AI and automation businesses across multiple continents and industries, I look forward to helping our customers unlock new levels of efficiency and insight. My focus will be on enabling our teams and partners to accelerate growth, drive real business outcomes, and foster long-term innovation. The key to my success so far has been people development, and I am also committed to maximizing team performance while fostering a culture of integrity and innovation.”
Neil Murphy, Chief Revenue Officer at ABBYY, added: “Arnaud brings a rare combination of deep technical acumen and commercial leadership across AI, automation, and advanced analytics. His experience in driving complex enterprise transformations and building high-performing teams makes him an ideal fit for ABBYY as we scale across EMEA and deliver even greater value to our customers.”
A month ago, ABBYY announced the launch of ABBYY Document AI API, a new Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Application Programming Interface (API) that enables developers to enhance workflows with pre-trained models to extract data from documents and accelerate the automation of complex business processes.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ABBYY puts information to work with purpose-built AI. ABBYY Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) platform transforms data from any document, in any format or language, any time, into data that drives processes and decision-making.
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