Enterprise application software firm SAP has promoted Laura Burton to human resources director for the UK and Ireland, overseeing the company’s 1,100 employees in the region.

Burton joined SAP in October 2008 and has a background in IT. For the past six months, Burton has worked with the SAP UKI leadership team on a six-month secondment as the business manager to the UKI managing director, Steve Winter.

Winter says: “SAP globally has ambitious growth targets in place to double the size of our business. It is my view that HR plays an instrumental role in this by continuously supporting the business and the employees so that we grow profitably, with the right people in place.”