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IFS Year in Review 2022

#momentofservice
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Contents

Our Business In Numbers 04-05 IFS develops and delivers


enterprise software for
Foreword From Our CEO 06-07
companies around the
Our Proposition 08-09 world who manufacture and
distribute goods, build and
Delivering Moments Of Service
maintain assets, and manage
Associa – Creating Value With IFS Tailored Customer Success Services 10-11 service-focused operations.

Cimcorp – Creating Value With IFS Technology And Innovation 12-13 Within our single platform, our
industry-specific products are
Singer – Realizing Value by moving to the Cloud 14-15 innately connected to a single
data model and use embedded
Our Industry Recognition & Awards 16-19 digital innovation so that our
customers can be their best
The Market : Our View of the Market 20-21 when it really matters to their
customers - at the Moment of
Our Strategy: Delivering Our 2025 Vision 22-23 Service. The industry expertise
of our people, our growing
Our Business Model: Designing Agility Into Our Business 24-25 ecosystem, and a commitment
to deliver value at every step,
Sustainability & ESG: Sustainability & ESG Performance 26-29 has made IFS a recognized
leader and the most
The IFS Foundation 30 recommended supplier in our
sector. Every day, our team of
Our People 31 over 5,500 employees live our
values of agility, trustworthiness,
Our Executive Leadership Team 32-33 and collaboration in how we
support our customers, who are
located in over 80 counties.

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Our Business in Numbers

Our Business
in Numbers

Revenue & Growth Highlights Customers Partners Company &


(2022 vs. 2021) People

+80 %
Increase in Cloud
+27%
Increase in service management
80+
Countries where IFS supports
40%
Partner Contribution to License
5,500+
Employees
revenue YoY license revenue YoY thousands of customers Revenue (year-end 2022)

+57 % +78 %
15,000+ +64%
Increase in partner 2,200+
increase in Annual Overall share of software Users in the IFS Community contribution YoY Employees in IFS Sri Lanka
Recurring Revenue (ARR) revenue
across R&D, Customer Services,
Marketing and Finance

+28 % +16 % +250


New logos across core IFS
+65%
Additional certified partner
35%
of IFS employees are women,
Increase in software Growth in EBITDAC
industries in 2022 consultants vs. 2021 17% above the industry average
revenue YoY
in tech

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Foreword From Our CEO
Darren Roos

Foreword From
Our CEO
Darren Roos

2022 saw mixed levels of global For IFS, 2022 was a year characterized Our aim is not only to be sustainable in
economic recovery, with some by acceleration. We increased our the way we conduct our own business,
regions struggling to break through headcount both organically and but also in supporting our customers
Delivering an outstanding beyond the pre-pandemic growth inorganically, and reached a significant with the achievement of their ESG goals.
customer experience is the levels. Despite this backdrop, IFS landmark in revenue at $1bn. In March, We are embedding this mindset into our
fundamental principle with successfully maintained its growth we welcomed Hg Capital as a day-to-day business activities and in
which we run our business. course. We continued to adapt our significant minority investor in a our product development strategy, to
Every employee understands business to reflect customers’ needs transaction, valuing IFS & WorkWave at help customers build momentum in their
this as our key differentiator in continued investments in our $10bn. own efforts. ESG has become part of
technology and services, and in how customers differentiate
and how their role helps us In the period from April 2022 to
bringing flexibility in how we do themselves, and they have asked for
stay true to our north star; this business with them. September, IFS continued to focus on IFS’s help and guidance to improve their
extends to our leaders, who growth initiatives which included capabilities.
are measured on customers’ I am pleased to say that our results launching Arcwide, a joint venture with
feedback and our partners show that our customer and industry BearingPoint, designed to accelerate We know that putting our customers
who are all certified on IFS focus, combined with our software IFS Cloud deployment, and the first is critical to our business, and we
products and methodologies. strategy, are resonating, and making acquisition of EAM software provider can only do this by caring for our
All of this sets IFS apart from IFS a robust and healthy business. I Ultimo Software Solutions, now fully employees as well. We ended the year
feel privileged to lead a global team integrated into our business. with over 5,500 team members across
our competitors as a leading
who show great resilience and the globe, over 2,200 of whom are
partner, employer, and consistency, enabling us to In October, we welcomed our based in Sri Lanka. We expanded into
corporate citizen, making it announce very positive year-end customers, partners, and prospects to new products and markets, and
possible for us to retain our results and making 2022 the fifth our first physical event in 3 years in continued to invest in developing the
position of leadership across consecutive year of double-digit Miami. With over 2,500 participants critical skillsets of our employees.
our core product categories, revenue growth. Our Annual attending IFS Unleashed, the rebranded
with continued recognition by Recurring Revenue (ARR) was up 57% global IFS community event, IFS Delivering an outstanding customer
analyst firms.” YoY, driven by a significant share of showcased our latest innovation with experience is the fundamental principle
bookings from new customers, and brands such as Volvo, Rolls-Royce, with which we run our business. Every
Darren Roos our cloud revenue was up 80% YoY, Tetrapak, NuCO2, Gilbarco and more, employee understands this as our key
IFS CEO driven by the shift to IFS Cloud by sharing the value they are seeing from differentiator and how their role helps
existing and new customers. their investments in IFS. us to stay true to our north star; this
extends to our leaders, who are
Throughout 2022, cloud and digital Throughout the year, IFS has continued measured on customers’ feedback and
technology remained high on our to nurture its customer-first culture by our partners who are all certified on IFS
customers’ agenda, as they sought strengthening its service organization products and methodologies. All of this
to build operational agility and and its partner ecosystem, and sets IFS apart from our competitors as a
leverage innovation to establish launched the IFS Partner Success leading partner, employer, and
competitive advantage. With every Program. To date, over 70 percent of corporate citizen, making it possible for
release, IFS customers are seeing the our largest partners have joined the us to retain our position of leadership
value of an Evergreen model, and the program. Globally, our ecosystem grew Our Annual Recurring across our core product categories,
65 percent year on year, and our
twice-yearly update cycle is now an
integral part of business as usual, partners participated in over 50 Revenue (ARR) was up 57% with continued recognition by analyst
firms.
where customers adopt updates
within hours of general availability.
percent of implementations.
YoY, driven by a significant As I look to 2023, I am confident that IFS
Customers are experiencing
considerably faster time to value with
We also doubled down on our own
sustainability efforts towards the share of bookings from new will continue on its growth path,
increase its market share, and further
IFS, with many going live within targets we set in 2021. We published our
first sustainability report, holding
customers, and our cloud build on its leadership position in ERP,
EAM, FSM, and ESM in our core
several months. Quarter after
quarter, our leadership in capabilities ourselves accountable on our progress
to our customers, our employees, our
revenue was up 80% YoY, industries.
has enabled us to build on our
performance in ERP, EAM, FSM, and owners, and the industry at large. IFS driven by the shift to IFS Darren Roos
has made a strong commitment to Chief Executive Officer
ESM in our core industries: Telco,
Manufacturing, Service, A&D, Energy, being sustainable and we have Cloud by existing and new
Utilities and Resources, and
Construction and Engineering. I
maintained an active involvement in
the work delivered by the IFS customers.
remain humbled and grateful by the Foundation in Sri Lanka.
trust, partnership, and confidence
our customers continue to place in
IFS.

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Our Proposition

Enabling customers to deliver their Moments of Service

Our Proposition
Enabling customers to deliver
their Moments of Service

IFS helps its customers create For our customers, getting the Moment We have architected every part of our Flexibility and Choice People and Partners
outstanding Moments of Service of Service right is a complex challenge value proposition to address these IFS remains committed to offering
for their customers. Our technology that requires insights from every part of complex challenges: customers choice in how and when Committed to ecosystem growth
enables companies to orchestrate their business. Insight-driven decisions they deploy the services important IFS specialists are not only
their business across customers, will ensure they hire the right people, Technology to them within each product update. passionate, they also demonstrate an
people and assets, so they can This philosophy applies to everything unsurpassed loyalty to IFS. Through
achieve maximum asset operational
innovate and design services to have Open and Composable we do and is driven by our core value trust and collaboration, two of our
effectiveness, and in doing so, IFS Cloud was developed to reflect principal values, we are building a
the right people in the right of flexibility.
reach the highest possible customer how customers buy and consume continuously growing implementation
place at the right time, at every step satisfaction to drive loyalty and grow technology as their businesses evolve capacity and highly differentiated
of the value chain. margins. and grow. Composability means
Success Services
industry training, knowledge, and
every customer can adopt IFS Cloud IFS Customer Success expertise throughout our ecosystem.
to solve their current challenges and Our IFS Six-Box ModelTM model is Customer choice through partners
envision how the solution will best designed to create value and support
support and help shape their business At IFS, we believe in the voice of the
our customers in their experience
in the future. The IFS Cloud platform customer. It is their choice of how to
lifecycle with us – from adoption and
is powerful, flexible, and open. It puts engage during the sales cycle, the
engagement to software support –
user experience first, delivers 100% implementation projects and, the
IFS Cloud: Single platform orchestrating the perfect“Moment of Service” to help them convert their strategic
open APIs and, is built with embedded support they receive. Our partners
priorities into defined outcomes.
digital technology innovations. are a key pillar in IFS’s success,
Business Value Assurance as their local market knowledge,
Creating value with BVA defines a clear path to value. competence skills and expertise can
Digital Technology IFS believes a clearly quantified provide a better and more tailored
For our customers, the ability business case, is fundamental to experience locally, while global
to model their business against our proposition. With a Business partners can better serve customers
ever-changing market dynamics Value Assessment, our teams will on a larger, worldwide scale.
has become an imperative and design, document, and visualize the
One IFS
a competitive advantage. To overall scope of our customers’ IFS
meet their customers’ evolving implementation, tracking value and Through a growing and diverse
expectations, companies are performance throughout. ecosystem, our partners are
transforming to a service-led value committed to delivering the same
chain where customers, people, and Frictionless Experience and Faster experience, quality of service and,
assets stay connected at all times. Time to value values as IFS would in direct customer
Innovative technologies such as We focus on delivering the best engagement. As part of a partner’s
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine possible experience to our customers, certification journey with IFS, they
Learning (ML) and Internet of Things including realizing value faster. From receive the same training as our
(IoT) are necessary to create new first contact through every software consultants and experts, and yearly
capabilities, refine processes and update, we are committed to helping recertifications ensure they are
harness actionable insights to affect customers maximize value from their always up to date on new releases
and track profitability. We give our investment, drive innovation, and and features.
customers a clear path to easier and transform their business to deliver
faster digital transformation across their best when it matters most, at
these areas. The Moment of Service.

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Delivering Moments of Service
Associa

Delivering Moments of Service Creating Value with


IFS Tailored
Associa Custome Success Services

Creating Value with IFS Tailored


Customer Success Services
Associa looks to IFS for tailored “In discussions with IFS about FSM, Structured planning
customer success engagement it became clear that Application Regular communication and planning
Founded 41 years ago, Associa Management Services (AMS), part is an important benefit of the AMS
is the industry’s largest property of IFS’s Success engagement offer, engagement for Associa. “I value the
management company in the world, could provide us with the immediate cadence of discussions and planning
operating throughout the United support and resources we needed to that IFS drives,” says Luke. “We meet
States, Mexico, and Canada. clean up and configure the solution weekly to review current priorities
With more than 200 branch offices for our specific needs,” explains Luke. and progress, and discuss longer-
across North America and 10,000 term projects like updates, on top of
team members, Associa delivers “We started our AMS contract in monthly and quarterly reviews. Our
management and lifestyle services April 2021 with the focus firmly on IFS experts are a seamless extension
to nearly five million residents optimizing the performance of the of my team.”
worldwide. tool for all our users. We expected
the IFS team to need at least six Luke is also looking at ways IFS
Since October 2020, the company months to get up to speed with our Customer Success engagement
has been using IFS Field Service operation’s complexities. But in can support more operational
Management. IFS Application under three months, our IFS experts enhancements in the future. “We’re
For me, the thing in the US and Sri Lanka were already
Management Services support interested in further developing
that appealed the platform as part of a Tailored making major inroads for us, for specific report functionality and
example, changing business rules.”
about Tailored Customer Success program. analytics to get even more out of our
platform.”
Success was the Unified solution Revenue process recovery
structured way of Jamie Luke, Senior VP of Associa Some of the most important Choosing success engagement
capabilities for Associa in FSM
working that IFS OnCall, the companies maintenance
surround revenue and invoicing
“For me, the thing that appealed
division, explains, “As we’ve about Tailored Success was the
then drives. There grown, using IFS FSM has helped capabilities. “We’re pushing high structured way of working that
are so many us improve our efficiencies and volume revenue dollars weekly IFS then drives. There are so many
increase our bottom-line margins through the system, and an average moving pieces to an application like
moving pieces to by a large percentage. Our of 1,200 invoices. FSM has to support this, and the first six months to a year
an application customer satisfaction has improved, several dependencies across our after implementation are critical to
systems, including automatic
like this, and the resulting from our ability to track
integrations,” says Luke. “Our AMS
getting business processes right.
the efficiency of our people and Tailored Success gives us instant
first six months to streamline automation across several tickets with IFS ensure that we access escalation and immediate access
a year after transactional areas.” the IT resources needed to ensure to resources to get things done
the best possible performance and quickly, but it also delivers a planned
implementation By optimizing IFS Field “Having one unified platform shared system uptime, so our revenue stream IT approach for the business. I can
are critical to by both our field technicians and our is not compromised.” say that time to resolution, both first
getting business
Service Management (FSM) in-branch administrators is huge,” response and time to close the ticket,
For example, we recently had
processes right.” through a Tailored Customer explains Luke. “Our technicians can
log in to FSM on their mobile or tablet an instance where we noticed
has been exceptionally good.”

Jamie Luke Success engagement, and instantly update, log or track the performance suddenly degrading.
IFS quickly identified some legacy
status of any job or project, adding
Senior VP
Associa OnCall
Associa’s branches have images or comments as needed.” business rules that were the cause,
significantly increased Focused optimization resources
called in business specialists to help,
and worked tirelessly to resolve the
financial performance and Before migrating to IFS FSM,
issue, clearing the backlog within a
week. The response from the IFS AMS
productivity over the last Associa used a heavily customized
version of the solution predecessor,
team was very impressive.
three years. IFS Metrix Service Management.

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Delivering Moments of Service
Cimcorp

Delivering Moments of Service Creating Value with

Cimcorp
IFS Technology and
Innovation

Creating Value with IFS


Technology and Innovation
Cimcorp looks to IFS Cloud to deliver Maintaining a strategic focus for As Cimcorp’s automatic material
value and the best Moment of the company is also front-of-mind handling systems generate large
Service for their customers for Tommi Kumlander, Cimcorp’s amounts of data, one of the current
Cimcorp makes advanced robotic Chief Financial Officer. “We need focus areas is analytics. “IFS Cloud
solutions for intralogistics that are accurate and up-to-date data always gives us the opportunity to link the
used to optimize material flows in available in a cost-effective way. IFS data and analytics from different
warehouses, distribution centers, and Cloud helps us to identify business customers and different sites to the
manufacturing facilities. opportunities, save costs and reduce assets already existing in our ERP
the risks related to our system system. We will have centralized, easy
Since adopting IFS in 2016, Cimcorp environment. We’re enabling our access to all data and analytics,
has already unified information core business to benefit more from enabling better tools for ourselves,
from disparate locations, reduced the digitalization trend and at the and opportunities to create better
unnecessary work and improved same time provide a better customer services for our customers.”
decision-making through real-time experience,” he says.
access to information. The move Shunning Customization
to IFS Cloud affirms the company’s The move to IFS Cloud enables the IFS’s powerful industry functionality
company to develop and deliver
We’ve seen that IFS desire to continue to leverage key
new value-added customer services
as standard within IFS Cloud
industry insights and best practices resonates particularly well with
Cloud simply works through a successful IT partnership. – a powerful differentiator in an Circomp. “We’ve seen that IFS
‘as is’ for the increasingly competitive market. Cloud simply works ‘as is’ for the
Pekka Nurmi, Cimcorp’s Director of business process we need. I see
business process Corporate IT, explains “Aiming for Kumlander also sees several further other companies paying for costly
we need. I see global consistency is an important opportunities. “Looking ahead, ERP modifications, only to remove
the ability to see detailed, real-
other companies part of our vision for the business.
time information about the system
most of them after two or three
Any IT infrastructure relying on years because they weren’t needed.
paying for costly multiple systems creates complexity, performance and status will let us With no need to modify the core, IFS
ERP modifications, which can translate into costly and predict potential issues and plan Cloud gives us a cost-effective and
dangerous delays by constraining our preventive actions. We want to be evergreen platform,” explains Nurmi.
only to remove ability to make business change. The able to give customers more statistics
most of them after simplification afforded by IFS Cloud regarding their equipment and usage The Moment of Service
lets us focus on delivering value to help maximize system uptime.
two or three years Augmented reality solutions can
Nurmi believes strongly in the IFS
and the best possible service to our mission to help companies master
because they customers.” also significantly accelerate and
their moment of service. “Customers
improve fault-finding and diagnostics,
weren’t needed. allowing us to remotely assist on-site
use the automation systems we
Outcome-based IT design for years, even decades,” he
Pekka Nurmi
Director of Corporate IT
Nurmi is mindful of the need to
personnel in their operations.”
says. “The more insights we can learn We need accurate and
move away from transactional IT from accurate, real-time data across
Cimcorp Group.
relationships to partnerships that
Innovation out of the box
the lifecycle, the more we can help up-to-date data that is
Transformational technologies within
deliver outcomes. “Compared to a
decade ago, IT teams today have IFS Cloud are ready to use ‘out of the
our customers with improvements and
innovative new solutions and services.
always available, in a
shifted from focusing on the criticality box’, allowing them to be rolled out
immediately to deliver business value.
IFS Cloud gives us the big picture to cost-effective way. IFS
of internal execution to the criticality develop what our customers need
of delivering against the business Explains Nurmi, “We’re now looking now and in the years to come.” Cloud helps us to identify
strategy,” he says. “IT is a key enabler
for innovation and competitive
at technologies such as IoT, artificial
intelligence (AI), machine learning
business opportunities,
advantage. We know we cannot (ML) and digital twins, and ways we save costs and reduce the
can utilize them more and more in our
invent everything in-house and so
we select and trust expert partners operations,” he says. risks related to our system
like IFS. For Cimcorp, this means environment.
leveraging our IT and data assets with
Tommi Kumlander, Cimcorp’s
IFS Cloud so we can work smarter, not
Chief Financial Officer
harder.”

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Delivering Moments of Service
Singer

Delivering Moments of Service Realizing Value by

Singer moving to the


Cloud

Realizing Value by Moving


to the Cloud
IFS Upgrade ensures future-proof While it’s currently too early to
and seamless connectivity for Singer quantify specific gains since the
Sri Lanka upgrade, Wijewardene comments,
An IFS customer for 15 years, in 2020 “We can already observe positive
Singer Sri Lanka finalized a complete changes. For example, the new screen
formats are reducing customer
It’s about different
upgrade of its IFS ERP system as
part of its ongoing digitalization waiting times in showrooms, and departments being
strategy. The implementation has
ensured seamless connectivity
we’ve already created over 50
dashboards for the business using IFS
able to work
across commercial and retail Lobbies.” seamlessly together,
network operations, introducing
the latest functionality with minimal He continued, “In governance and which comes down
customization. compliance, outstanding audit
findings have been eliminated, dual
to sharing real-time
Singer is Sri Lanka’s largest household controls are being implemented, and data simultaneously
IFRS automation is in place. We also
consumer and durable goods
have a far better security system to accelerate and
We can already retailer, partnering with 60 leading

observe positive
technology, electronics goods and infrastructure.” optimize operations
home appliances.
changes. For Since implementation and go-live was
Mahesh Wijewardene, Group Chief in the middle of COVID restrictions,
example, the new Executive Officer, has no doubts all staff training needed to happen
screen formats are about the value of digitalization remotely using video calls. “We had a
Moment of Service
across the operation, including fantastic team that ensured our 2,170
reducing customer users were successfully briefed on How does Wijewardene see
the need to run an advanced ERP
waiting times in solution with the latest updates transitioning to the new IFS system.” IFS impacting Singer’s service
delivery and commercial
showrooms, and and functionality. “Because of the
performance?
complexity of the business, we rely Bespoke module with minimal core
we’ve already heavily on our ERP and IT investment customization “There are two parts to our
created over 50 to deliver business solutions. To For the latest implementation, Moment of Service: one is the
ensure business continuity for the Wijewardene’s team sought to experience for outsiders, the
dashboards for the next 5-10 years, we decided to other is the experience for
minimize customization, keeping core
business using IFS upgrade our instance of IFS and by module code as standard as possible. internal parties,” he explains.
Lobbies. August 2022, the new implementation We had a task force of 10 of our IT team “Outsiders, like our customers
The country’s current economic
was complete, tested and live. In terms of future business growth, plus a non-technical divisional support or institutions like banks,
and political uncertainty has
Mahesh Wijewardene embracing digitalization and want convenience from us.
temporarily placed plans of moving panel representing functions like
Group Chief Executive Extended functionality, smooth leveraging Big Data, Artificial How quickly can a Singer
IFS from on-premises to running in marketing, distribution and commerce,
Officer transition Intelligence and Machine Learning showroom generate the
the cloud on hold. “Our focus is on all working together. The success of
Singer Sri Lanka are key strategies. “Servicing almost invoice and take payment?
Some 2,170 users across 13 remaining profitable over the next our implementation, and our 15-year
divisions use IFS for areas including 6 million customers every year, we relationship with IFS, is a function of Is the information automated
two years, which means slowing any
commercial credit and sales, trade have access to extremely valuable the capabilities, competencies and and therefore accurate?”
Capex investment for a while,” says
operations, financial control, and data that we need to capture, Wijewardene. management on both sides. “Our
warehousing and distribution. One of mine, analyze and build into our parent company, Hayleys PLC, is While “for internal parties, it’s
the new capabilities added during the workflows,” says Wijewardene. “The predominantly running on SAP. It is a about different departments
Implementation journey
upgrade was manufacturing. future-proof, seamless connectivity testament to our belief in the product being able to work
Wijewardene is impressed with seamlessly together, which
IFS Applications 10 now confers to that we have consistently won our
the collaborative IFS approach. comes down to sharing real-
third-party data systems, government business case to remain with IFS.”
“The support and the delivery we time data simultaneously
agencies, banks and our partner and
have had from the IFS team based to accelerate and optimize
supplier organizations is also critical”.
in Sri Lanka has been excellent. operations. Other important
internal factors are system
reliability and ease of use.”

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Our industry recognition & awards

Our Industry
Recognition & Awards
Analysts Praise 2022

IFS, a modern Without IFS we would


IFS named a architecture, and a user not be where we are
experience that has today”
leader seduced us all” Finance Controller
CIO US Manufacturer
• #1 in Gartner Global EAM European Energy and Utilities
Market Share 2021 By Revenue Provider

• Gartner 2022 Magic Quadrant


Gartner Peer for Field Service Management,
Insight maintaining this position every
reviews year since 2014 The software is cutting IFS Cloud is the new
edge and driving standard for ERP”
• IDC 2022 MarketScape
Cloud ERP for SaaS and Cloud-
business for our ERP Manager
Highest Scoring company” US Manufacturer
Enabled Manufacturing ERP
Cloud ERP Product Vice President
Compared to Competitive Applications
US Construction Company
Offerings (Jan 2023)
• IDC 2022 MarketScape for
Manufacturing Field Service
IFS:4.5 Management Applications
SAP: 4.4
• IDC 2022 MarketScape for
Infor: 4.3 The most complete and IFS is easy to work with,
Microsoft: 4.2 Manufacturing Service Life-
flexible ERP solution in highly skilled and
Oracle: 4.2 Cycle Management
the market ” professional, a great fit
• IDC 2022 MarketScape for Field Product Analyst for our company”
Service Management Solutions European Telecommunications IT Manager
for Utilities Provider US Services Provider
• Gartner Peer Insights
Customer’s Choice for EAM *Total evaluation score 4.5/5.0 is current as of Jan 2022 and is based on 69 reviews from the previous 12 months.

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Our Industry Recognition & Awards

Our Industry
Recognition & Awards
Business Awards & Accolades 2022

ERP Today Awards Sales & Marketing Cravenhill Publishing Viral Stratus Awards for Cloud Best in Biz Awards
AWARD Technology Award Campaign Computing AWARD
Vendor of the Year AWARD Bronze Award for Environmental
Date awarded: September 2022 AWARD AWARD Program of the Year
Product of the Year – IFS assyst Top Products/Services
Best Corporate Viral Campaign - Date awarded: December 2022
SUMMARY Date awarded: July 2022 Date awarded: September 2022
Change for Good
The ERP Today Awards are judged SUMMARY Date awarded: October 2022 SUMMARY
SUMMARY Now in its 12th year, Best in Biz Awards
on merit, and the size or scale Sales and Marketing technologies
SUMMARY The 2022 Stratus Awards recognized is the only business awards program
of a project or initiative is not now make up more than 20% of an
With the need to communicate more those companies and individuals judged by independent panels of
important. The ERP Today Awards organization’s marketing budget.
effectively with all audiences, digital innovating in the Cloud and providing prominent writers and editors from
celebrate those that clearly These tools and services allow
is ever-more important to corporate truly differentiated offerings in the top-tier publications. This category
demonstrate measurable impact organizations to efficiently target,
communicators. This award honors market. As modern consumers celebrates all environmental
and value for all stakeholders. interact, collaborate, sell and service
those campaigns whose content and businesses alike adopt more campaigns, efforts, and programs; on
customers. The Sammy Awards
is inherently shareable, and and more cloud-based services, a local, national or global scale; and of
honored the people behind the tools
engaging and that best achieves rewarding those who are uniquely different duration.
The Software Report and the organizations that support
organization’s objectives or enhances adding value to our daily lives is
them.
The Top 50 SaaS CEOs of its communications. Those entries increasingly more important.
2022 delineating a clear strategy and
The Top 50 Women Leaders results are often successful. LMD The Voice of Business
AWARD in SaaS of 2022 Sustainability Awards Sri Lanka’s Most Respected
Darren Roos Listed No1 Entities for 2022
Date awarded: October 2022 AWARD CRN Partner Guide AWARD:
Marne Martin Listed No2 AWARD
SUMMARY
Date awarded: November 2022 2022 Partner Program Guide Sustainability Leadership
Top 100 Most Respected Entities
The Top 50 SaaS CEOs of 2022 Date awarded: September 2022
In 2022 SUMMARY AWARD Date awarded: September 2022
leaders on this year’s list represent
SUMMARY

Awards companies of every size. They The Top 50 Women Leaders in SaaS Indirect IT Channel Solutions SUMMARY
of 2022 have been instrumental in Date awarded: March 2022 The Sustainability Awards honored
have demonstrated that with IFS Sri Lanka was ranked among the
leading their companies to innovation those who have made sustainability
Business Awards & strong, innovative leadership, the SUMMARY top 100 Sri Lankan corporations by
and success in everything from an integral part of their business
Accolades 2022 best software solutions thrive and The CRN Partner Program Guide LMD (Lanka Monthly Digest) Magazine
document generation to enterprise practice. Awarding businesses of
are rapidly adopted across the offers the information that solution in its 18th ‘Most Respected Entities
resource planning, education all sizes, locations and maturity
global economy. and service providers need to in Sri Lanka’ edition. The LMD’s Most
administration, cybersecurity, and developing initiatives and reducing
evaluate IT vendors. This year Respected Entities survey includes
other software categories. the impact of their business on our
the guide is based on detailed the top 100 blue-chip companies,
environment
BI Intelligence Artificial applications submitted by more than conglomerates, multinational
BI Intelligence 300 vendors, outlining all aspects companies (MNCs), financial
Intelligence Award of their partner programs. Among institutions, and household brand
Excellence in Customer these, CRN identifies the “Five Star” Construction Computing names in the country based on
AWARD
Reactive machines: automated Service Award partner programs that offer the most Awards campaigns, efforts, and programs; on a
planning and scheduling comprehensive line-ups of incentives, local, national or global scale; and of
AWARD training, services, and benefits. AWARD
Date awarded: March 2022 different duration.
Organization of the Year Asset Management
SUMMARY Date awarded: April 2022 Product of the Year
The Artificial Intelligence Date awarded: November 2022
SUMMARY
Excellence Awards recognized
The Excellence in Customer Services SUMMARY
those organizations, products and
Awards celebrated those who are An exciting aspect of this seventeenth
people who bring AI to life and
winning by supporting their own annual running of the awards was
apply it to solve real problems.
customers and those who are the use of high-tech within the
Awards were given out for
developing the tools to help others construction industry.
excellence in one of the four major
find success.
types of AI.

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The Market

The Market
Our View of the Market

Market Trends as one that drives superior business Hyperautomation By 2025, tech providers that can Growth, from a
outcomes by offering the flexibility to By 2024, most organizations will quantify their offering’s positive traditional view
Over the next 3-5 years, IFS
fundamentally reengineer business leverage codeless development contribution to customers’ sustainability of the market
anticipates several trends will
positively impact its business: decisions and ‘compose’ system tools for at least 30% of their AI and objectives will increase their win rate by
capabilities that adapt at the pace of automation initiatives, helping to 20%.
Customers business change. scale digital transformation (DX) and ERP
Digital Transformation (ref: Gartner, Top Tech Provider Trend for 2023:
2022 Revenue In 2022, 87% of organizations democratize AI. Sustainable Business, Dec 2022)
(ref: Gartner, Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends
$44B USD globally, either somewhat or to a
large degree, have put a digital-first
for Tech Providers for 2021, June 2022) (ref: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial
Intelligence and Automation 2023 Predictions,
By 2026, ESG performance will be

+9.3%
By 2024: Oct 2022) viewed as a top 3 decision factor for

12 %
strategy in place. IT equipment purchases and over 50%
(ref: The Digital World and 2023: Despite
By 2026, the growing number of of RFPs will include metrics regarding
• 60% of intelligent SaaS will be hyperautomation initiatives will drive
Challenges, Software Automation Will Be carbon emissions, material use, and
Everywhere, Dec 2022) composed from packaged and scale the spending on RPA in CAGR 2022-2026
CAGR ’22-’26 labor conditions.
business capabilities providing combination with other process- Gartner, Forecast: Enterprise
Organizations are embracing their data, analytical insight and (ref: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ Application Software, Worldwide,
digital-first strategies from a range of agnostic hyperautomation-enabling 2020-2026, 4Q22 Update
operational application services. technologies.
ESG 2023 Predictions, Oct 2022)
avenues, including cloud, low-code/
(ref: Use Gartner’s Reference Model to Deliver IFS’s relevance in the Market
no-code tools, intelligent process (ref: Gartner, Forecast Analysis: Robotic Process
automation, mobile, edge, and hyper-
Intelligent Composable Business Applications,
Automation Software, Worldwide) IFS has retained its focus on its core EAM
Feb 2022)
scalable modular microservices and products capabilities and its core
Also by 2026, the market for software
APIs. • 20% of Global 2000 CEOs will industries.
that enables hyperautomation
People (ref: The Digital World and 2023: Despite
report an increased appetite for will reach nearly $1.04 trillion, with
risk and improved resilience, both For our customers this translates into
2022 Revenue

+6.5%
Challenges, Software Automation Will Be a CAGR of 11.9%. Demand for
Everywhere, Dec 2022) attributed to modular business enabling them to orchestrate processes
hyperautomation is driven by a
$22B USD Servitization
redesign.
strong need for digital transformation
and insights across people, assets and
resources.
(ref: Gartner, Becoming Composable: A Gartner due to talent shortages, increasing

13
Servitization has become a board-
% level business topic as companies
attempt to meet customer demands
Trend Insight Report, Jan 2023)

• Organizations with greater


economic pressures and competitive
challenges.
IFS goes to market with a single
CAGR 2022-2026
Gartner, Forecast: Enterprise
Application Software, Worldwide,
composable cloud product that is 2020-2026, 4Q22 Update
and create greater and more relevant enterprise intelligence will have 5x (ref: Gartner, Forecast Analysis:
CAGR ’22-’26 optimized to provide capabilitiesacross
value from their relationships. institutional reaction time, Hyperautomation Enablement Software,
enterprise resource planning (ERP),
resulting in a persistent first-mover Worldwide, Oct 2022)
advantage in capitalizing on new
enterprise asset management (EAM), FSM
Manufacturers and the organizations Sustainability field service management (FSM), and
that support and partner with them opportunities.
By 2024, 80% of G2000 companies IT service management (ITSM). With a
are undergoing a transformative (ref: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of will capture their carbon data and focus on automation, AI, VR, ML and
shift. Customers demand more Intelligence 2023 Predictions, Oct 2022)
report their enterprise-wide carbon

+11.9%
IoT and taking advantage of our recent
personalized products, operators By 2025, 40% of manufacturers will footprint using quantifiable metrics acquisitions and latest technologies
Assets require improved quality and have deployed enterprise-wide AI- compared with 50% today. evolutions, we will continue to provide
equipment uptime, internal functional
2022 Revenue teams yearn for relevant insights in
based tools to support the decision- (ref: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ advance analytics and intelligent
CAGR 2021-2026
making process and maximize the ESG 2023 Predictions, Oct 2022) insights that connects our customers
$65B USD real-time, and partners expect agility
and flexibility despite uncertainty.
value of data, resulting in up to 5%
By 2025, 50% of CIOs will have
businesses end to end.
Gartner, Market Opportunity Map:
Customer Service and Support,
improvement in revenue/profit. Worldwide, Jan 2023

9
performance metrics tied to the
% (ref: Manufacturing Product and Service
Innovation 2023 Predictions, Oct 2022)
(ref: DC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing
2023 Predictions, Oct 2022)
sustainability of the IT organization.
Our total addressable market (TAM)*
was $131bln in 2022 ITSM
(ref: Gartner, Top Strategic Technology Trends
Intelligent composable enterprise By 2026, AI-driven features will be for 2023: Sustainable Technology, Oct 2022) *Calculated using the BCG model
CAGR ’22-’26 The emergence of the ‘intelligent embedded across business technology
composable enterprise’ as enterprise categories, and 60% of organizations

+14.0%
use of technology becomes more The Market Landscape has changed.
will actively use such features to drive
sophisticated. better outcomes without relying on Monolithic Composable
technical AI talent.
Enterprise leaders expect their On Premises Cloud CAGR 2022-2026
(ref: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Artificial
software to generate a competitive Gartner Forecast: IT Operations
advantage. Gartner defines the
Intelligence and Automation 2023 Predictions, Product & Services On Subscription Management, Worldwide, 2020-2026,
Oct 2022) Sept 2022
‘intelligent composable enterprise’ Regular Releases Evergreen

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Our Strategy

Our Strategy
Delivering our 2025 Vision

Approach: Approach: Sustainability


revenue growth margin enhancement
Continue to increase the share of While driving software revenue
revenue contributed by partners growth, reduce the share of
revenue from consulting and
• Focus skilled IFS sales and
ensure the consulting business is Environmental
account management resources
more profitable through focus on Help customers increase energy
on larger enterprises
higher margin, repeatable efficiency, save resources and
($500m-$5bn+).
business. reduce carbon emissions by
• Enable global ecosystem of developing our products, solutions
Leverage partners and skilled
channel sales partners to support and services using a lifecycle
talent from lower cost markets to
the mid-market and commercial perspective; remain committed to
complete the spectrum of global
accounts ($200m-$500m). reducing our own carbon emissions
support.
in the areas of travel, fleet and
Continue to grow our software
Drive increases in recurring office space.
revenues as a share of total revenue
revenues through software and
and deliver solutions across people,
Customer Success services sales
assets and resources.
and by accelerating the cloud
Continue to grow the share of conversion of the on-prem install
recurring revenue - software and base.
services - as a share total revenue to Social
Adopt the latest versions of IFS’s
provide predictability in Through a focus on philanthropy and
own technology to power our
performance. projects with partners, foster
Carbon neutrality by business activities.
long-term relationships with local

2025
Increase total addressable market
through expansion of existing societies; promote a ‘zero-harm
capabilities, including organic and culture’, prioritize the health of our
We have set ourselves employees, as well as drive a
ambitious targets, inorganic initiatives beyond our 6
including carbon core industries. complete diversity agenda.
neutrality by 2025.

50% 81%
Our ambition is to
of IFS deals involved a of Software Revenues
Partner in 2022 through 2024 Governance
influence peers and Work with our stakeholders to

35% 77%
manage and mitigate reputational
the wider industry risks; contribute to the
competitiveness of our customers
towards sustainable with our products, solutions, and
of partner deals were of Recurring Revenues
subscription in 2022 in 2024 ways of working. services and ensure complete
compliance with data privacy and
cyber security practices; adhere to

$131
the highest complaince of

billion USD
#IFSrunsIFS
the Company runs on the latest
anti-corruption standards,
anti-slavery, and promote integrity;
fight corruption and fraud through
Total Addressable Market update of IFS Cloud collective action, education, and
training.

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Our Business Model

Our Business
Model
Designing agility
into our business
Expertise Partners & channels IFS Customer services • Strategic programs in 2022 2022 IFS Milestones for
included UPS, Lockheed Martin/ Success
IFS has differentiated itself by IFS’s extensive global partner IFS is focused on delivering value US Navy NOBLE, Southwest,
developing true capabilities, depth, network is critical to the fulfillment for all customers through solutions Huntingdon Ingalls, SASK Group In February
and breadth in its core industries. This of its business strategy and the enabled by our portfolio of services. IFS launched Partner Success, a
sets IFS apart from its competitors, ability to provide customers with • Streamlined services processes
IFS Success Services services program for partners
something that has been validated choice. rolled out to benefit customers
designed to provide support, advice,
time and time again by Gartner, IDC, • Second consecutive year of in geographically diverse
Over the last four years, we have and guidance in all aspects of
and other leading research firms as triple-digit growth for IFS locations.
continued to deliver and improve delivery for IFS solutions.
well as by its own customers. flagship Success offering
the IFS Partner Program through Product technology
For 2022 and beyond, these our growing ecosystem, increasing • Success to software attach rate In March
quadrupled. With IFS Cloud, IFS provides a single
core industries are comprised of the number of certifications Hg joined EQT and TA Associates as a
product that delivers classleading
Aerospace & Defense, Energy, achieved, and expanding significant minority shareholder in IFS
• Industry-leading value tooling solutions across Field Service
Utilities & Resources, Construction & implementation capacity. Through and WorkWave with a transaction
integrated to manage lifetime Management, Enterprise Resource
Engineering, Manufacturing, Service, a ‘One IFS’ ethos, the program valuing IFS and WorkWave at $10bln
value. Planning, Enterprise Service
and Telecoms. With the acquisitions supports and enables our Partners USD.
Management and Enterprise Asset
of Ultimo (July 2022), IFS is in a unique to ensure we grow incremental • Further enhancements to

5O %
Partners were involved
position as the only vendor now able
to offer Cloud native EAM solutions
revenue together and provide
excellent #MomentsOfService to
service delivery, including
Customer Success Management.
Management. Our proposition
centers on:
In April
IFS launched the first of its
that cater to every company with our mutual customers. twice-yearly cadence update of IFS
in 50% of IFS’s top deals Enhancing IFS Customer Experience
in 2022 and contributed either complex end-to-end business Cloud – delivering on IFS’s vision to
Partners were involved in 50% of • Large inroads for the 1. Unique industry depth. lead in cross-enterprise insights,
a total of 40% in terms needs or as a standalone point
of license revenue IFS’s top deals in 2022 and harmonization of IFS service IFS Cloud lets customers process automation and employee
solution.
contribution contributed a total of 40% in interactions through a common harness a level of industry experience.
terms of license revenue portal to industry best practices. experience and expertise you
contribution, demonstrating the simply will not find in other
Customer management strength of our ecosystem’s • Unifying ways of working to products.
In June
enhance service quality to IFS was listed as #1 in Gartner®
IFS prospects and customers are execution and IFS’s commitment Global EAM Market Share 2021 By
customers. 2. One single product,
distributed across Strategic Key to providing customers with Revenue.
class-leading solutions.
Accounts, Enterprise Accounts and options through an extensive • 50% increase of IFS Community With IFS Cloud, customers
Commercial Accounts (which are global partner network. members in 2022 In July
access all our solutions and
run by our Channel). Each of these capabilities from a single IFS announced the acquisition of
segments is serviced by experts from • 7,000 service updates applied
for IFS Cloud product, built on a common Ultimo Software Solutions, a leading
within IFS and from our partners to platform. provider of cloud Enterprise Asset
ensure a superior experience through IFS Cloud Service Management (EAM) software.
the entire sales and product lifecycle, 3. Innovation embedded and
• Over 40% of customers electing
and to enable IFS to meet margin ready to use. In October
to run IFS Cloud on the IFS
objectives. IFS Cloud puts emerging IFS held it’s re-branded global
Cloud service
technologies to work and with customer community event, IFS
• 99.98% Cloud production clear business relevance and Unleashed in Miami, and welcomed
service availability (rolling value from day one. new board member John Walsh and,
IFS Success Customer Engagement Model 90-day average)
4. Choice and parity, wherever launched the autumn release of IFS
Our commitment to complex global you deploy. Cloud.
organizations Customers choose how to
BUSINESS VALUE BUSINESS VALUE BUSINESS VALUE BUSINESS VALUE
• Delivery presence in over 80 deploy, whether in the cloud or
MODELLING ASSESSMENT DELIVERY REALIZATION remotely with no compromises
countries, with 50 IFS office
locations and extended reach or forced updates.
Digital Business Execute IFS Success with provided by our Partner 5. Delightful product experiences.
Six Box ModelTM Programme Value Assurance ecosystem.
Value Assessment IFS Cloud has a responsive,
IFS ScopeToolTM using BVE people-first UI, and structured
• Invested in hiring (+20%) with
additional investment in training support for how customers buy,
Identify common Promote leadership Scope and deliver Hold everyone to and retaining top talent. implement, operate and
shared vision buy-in to business value account to achieve extend it.
the outcome

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Sustainability

Sustainability
& ESG
Sustainability & ESG Performance

Our strategy & targets Our 2022 Sustainability


Technology plays a fundamental part Highlights
in enabling change through innovations In 2022, we progressed from a
that address environmental, social foundational approach to an
and governance (ESG) issues, such as established strategy, delivering on
driving resource efficiencies to tackle targets and initiatives across our
climate change or providing visibility into three main pillars.
company supply chains to enable better
management of responsible labor issues. • We used 100% renewable
electricity across our
At IFS, we recognize our role in working operations, successfully
towards a more sustainable world. In 2021, covering all of our
we established a sustainability strategy non-renewable electricity
designed to drive action against the ESG volumes via green tariffs or
topics where we can have the biggest Energy Attributes Certificates
impact, in the context of our three-pillar (EACs).
framework. • Launched the IFS Sustainability
Hub’s carbon footprint tool for
IFS Cloud leveraging 1. Excellence in Our Business Scope 1 and 2, supporting our
IFS managed cloud 2. Supporting Our Customers customers in their sustainability
services, which is 3. Making a Broader Impact journey.

52-79%
more energy efficient
Our key targets are carbon neutrality
across our operations by 2025, an increase
• First IFS Group Ecovadis
submission, achieving Bronze
than compute equivalents Medal status.
to 30.5% on the number of Female
Managers by year-end 2027, having fewer • 370+ customers now run IFS
than 2 major reportable data breaches and Cloud leveraging IFS managed
cyber incidents per year, an expansion of cloud services, which is 52-79%
our IFS Education Program partnerships more energy efficient than
to 150 institutions by 2025, and achieving compute equivalents.
at least 10% of our employees using their • First IFS UN Global Compact
annual CSR volunteering day. publication.
• Collaboration with 80+
We keep track of our progress with universities through the IFS
regular reporting to the Board, quarterly Education Program
monitoring by the ESG Steering Committee • 12% of our workforce engaged
and annual disclosure in our Sustainability in volunteering activities using
Report. their CSR Day.
• Recognition through awards
IFS is a signatory to the United Nations
IFS has made a strong commitment to delivering value to its customers including The Software Report
Global Compact, which provides a
sustainably, and to enable our customers to also create value in their (Top Women in SaaS) and the
universal framework for sustainability.
business sustainably. We have embedded this mindset into our day-to-day Big Award for Business 2022 in
In 2022, we published our first business activities, and in our product development strategy to help the categories Sustainability
Communication on Progress (COP). We also customers build momentum to meet their own goals. 2023 will see the Leadership Award and Fortress
identified the UN Sustainable Development publication of our second IFS sustainability report, which is evidence that Cybersecurity Award.
Goals (SDG) that are most relevant to IFS. we are holding ourselves accountable, and is meaningful to our customers,
For more on our SDG contributions, see our • Shortlisted for Sustainable
our employees, our owners and the community at large.” Vendor of the Year (CRN Tech
Sustainability Report.
Darren Roos Impact Awards) and
IFS CEO Sustainability Excellence Award
(ERP Today Awards & Fundraiser
2022).

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Sustainability & ESG

Sustainability
& ESG
Sustainability & ESG Performance (continued)

Our Business Customers


Environmental Impact ESG Product strategy & updates for
We implemented a decarbonization 2022
strategy with 3 focus areas: reducing Our goal is to help customers exceed
through efficiency, switching away their sustainability goals. There are
from carbon-intensive energy to three strategic areas that guide our
low-carbon sources and engaging overall approach:
with customers and suppliers to drive
the shift. 1. ESG Disclosure: a new product
area focused on the automation
We continue to direct our efforts and consolidation of ESG data
towards our environmental targets 2. Lifecycle: an area aimed at
by using 100% renewable electricity enhancing visibility into an
across our operations, successfully organization’s entire value chain,
covering all of our non-renewable both upstream & downstream
electricity volumes via green tariffs 3. Efficiency: a focus on leveraging
or Energy Attributes Certificates the role that technology plays in
(EACs). enabling organizations to operate
more efficiently
In 2022 Diversity & Inclusion
carbon neutrality IFS Change for Good awards
by using We are committed to promoting an
The IFS Change for Good awards

100%
inclusive, diverse, and respectful
culture and we want employees recognize sustainability excellence
to feel encouraged to bring their across our community of customers and
renewable electricity
whole selves to work. In 2022, we individuals who continue to raise the Broader impact on society
across our operations
launched a Global Transitioning bar. In 2022, our judging panel included and industry
policy and celebrated several IFS board member Jacqueline de Rojas
diversity awareness days including and Ian Gillott, Managing Director of IFS Education Program
Pride, International Women’s Day, WrightBus.
This program looks to encourage
Black History Month and others. We interest in STEM subjects and
have introduced the use of gender Out of 17 customer entries, the winners
facilitate routes into the technology
decoding software for standard job were as follows:
sector for young people.
descriptions to encourage diverse
applicants, and the release of Best use of IFS technology in a
sustainability initiative In 2022, we increased our
unconscious bias training via the IFS engagement to 99 educational
Winner - Volvo Group Circular
online Academy. institutions globally. We also held
Operations and Solutions
We run regular workshops and multiple career sessions at universities
training focused on actions that build Most innovative solution for in Sri Lanka via the Tech Talk Series,
resilience and inspire healthy habits, sustainability where several speakers from the IFS
such as the ‘Let’s Talk’ program and Winner - Technogroup Cloud team shared their journeys,
Mental Health ‘First Aiders’. Our Journey of transformation to a expertise and hands-on experience Volunteering
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) sustainable business at IFS with local students. We also In 2022, 600 IFS employees used their CSR Volunteer Day - a paid day of
provides 24/7 support to employees Winner - Cape Air engaged our interns in this event volunteering leave, one way in which we enable colleagues to play an active
and their family members. as they shared their journeys at IFS, role in directly supporting our Sustainability strategy and supporting their
Social impact leveraging their expertise and hands- local communities and organizations close to their hearts.
Winner - Tucson Electric Power on experience.

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The IFS Foundation Our People

The IFS Our


Foundation People

The IFS Foundation was The IFS Foundation invests in projects IFS Heartbeat
established in 2019 to help in partnership with local Sri Lankan
Incepted in 2019 – the Heartbeat
alleviate poverty in remote and communities to alleviate poverty.
Survey remains a key metric
rural parts of Sri Lanka. The IFS These projects are aligned with
and source to identify employee
Foundation is our charity of choice the United Nation’s Sustainable
engagement throughout our
at IFS. The IFS Foundation is a Development Goals, primarily SDG
registered charity in the UK (no. organization. The Survey uses the
3: Good health and well-being, SDG
1191843) and is a 501(c)3 certified Peakon platform to detect the
4: Quality education, SDG 6: Clean
organization in the US (EIN 84- sentiment of our entire workforce
water and sanitation, and SDG 8:
4440168). – providing a clear benchmark for
Decent work and economic growth.
where our business needs to be and
Donations of sewing machines and what we can do to get it there.
Several projects were completed other home industry equipment to
in 2022, including the building of a families in need helped create reliable IFS’s Engagement Index (EEI)
new computer lab for a school in sources of income, creating the security score has gone from strength to
Welusumanapura to help promote needed for children to regularly attend strength in 2022. In April, we had
and develop vital STEM skills. The lab school. 90% participation and a result of
was officially opened in May and is
8.1. Fast-forward to October, and
now in active use. In addition to ongoing maintenance participation increased to 91%,
The IFS Foundation continues to
and repair work, IFS staff from our
Colombo office also facilitated extra-
resulting in a score of 8.2. Organic and In-organic growth
support access to clean water and curricular English language lessons for We pride ourselves on listening and means we ended our year with
sanitation, notably through the students, parents and teachers.
construction of a public sanitation
reacting to our employee voice.
High participation means that
well over 5,500 team members
facility. Such infrastructure is critical
in preventing the spread of diseases.
With over one-third of our workforce
based in Sri Lanka, IFS relies on the work
colleagues know we value and across the globe. We
act on their feedback. Employees
performed there every day, including rated our strengths as meaningful expanded into new products,
research and development, global
support and offshore delivery. The IFS
work, organizational fit and career
growth.
new markets and continue to
Foundation provides an opportunity to invest in developing the critical
give something back, a common cause
that in turn unites our global community
In 2022, we saw incredible growth –
including our employee headcount.
skillsets of our employees.
of customers, staff and partners. We ended the year with over 5,500
team members, complemented by
IFS looks forward to continuing our the acquisition of Ultimo and P2.
partnership with the IFS Foundation
throughout 2023 and beyond. In Glass Door Score: End of 2022 was
supporting the IFS Foundation, we We know that our people are front and center to the success of IFS and our
4.3/5 (up 0.2 points)
strengthen our social license to operate customers. In every interaction our customers have, from the sales process
in Sri Lanka and help the foundation to implementation – our trusted employees are fundamental to each unique
connect its work to donors globally.
IFS Learning experience. In 2022 we have seen phenomenal growth and have welcomed
All employees are part of the online hundreds of new colleagues to our IFS family worldwide. At IFS, we know how
learning platform. vital it is to have an engaging work environment. Team members who join IFS
comment on the welcoming and caring culture, true collaboration, industry
• Courses Completed – 27,538 expertise, depth of knowledge, and the opportunity to have fun and learn.
In supporting the • 6.24 Enrollments per user
IFS Foundation, we extend • 90% course completion We know that looking after customers is critical to our business,
and we can only do this by caring for our employees as well.
our CSR work throughout
rural Sri Lanka and help
the foundation connect its
work to donors globally.

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Our Executive Leadership Team

Our Executive
Leadership Team

Executive Directors Board Directors

Darren Roos Constance Minc Kate Bishop Michael Ouissi Jonas Persson Johannes Nic Naveen Hanna Jacqueline Craig John
Chief Executive Chief Financial Chief Human Group Chief Chairman of Reichel Humphries Wadhera Jacobsson de Rojas CBE Conway Walsh
Officer (CEO) Officer (CFO) Resources Operating the Board Board Director Board Director Board Director Board Director Board Director Board Director Board Director
Officer Officer (GCOO)
As CEO, Darren With a passion for Kate ensures that all Michael Ouissi is IFS’s Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation Principal occupation
leads the talented turning data into aspects of our HR Group Chief Directorships and Director at EQT Senior Partner and Managing Director, TA Directorships Directorships, Directorships Accenture’s Chief
team at IFS to commercial insights, strategy are future Operating Officer advisor in software Partners. Executive Chairman Associates. President of techUK Strategic Accounts
further scale the CFO Constance focused and support (GCOO), a global role development. of Hg. Other assignments and Advocate for Other assignments and Global Sales
company’s global Minc makes sure the the strategic direction that brings together Previous assignments Other assignments Member of the Board Diversity & Inclusion. Board director of Officer.
business and extend company’s financial of the company, all of the company’s Other assignments and work experience Other assignments Board representation at Skandia, Tink and Salesforce.com,
its leadership and administrative specifically in relation customer-facing Chairman of Peltarion, Deutsche Bank. Nic is currently a at Compusoft, DBT Previous Other assignments Nutanix and Sitecore. Previous assignments
position in the functions are to our employees’ functions in order to Sitecore, and Deputy board director Director on the boards DOCUnordic, Ideal assignments and work Chair of Metapraxis, and work experience
service harmonized and lifecycle from deliver to each StormGeo; board of Automic Software, of Argus Media, Cures, Interswitch, experience: Chief Risk Non-Executive Previous assignments 35 year career at
management, creating value for all onboarding to talent customer a globally director of Skandia CBR Fashion Group, Benevity, Priority Software, Officer at Klarna, Director at Rightmove and work experience Accenture that
enterprise asset parts of the development and harmonized and and Tia Technologies. and Lima Corporate. Insightsoftware, IRIS RateGain, RLDatix. Group CFO for Life & plc, FDM Group plc, CEO of Peoplesoft, included running, as
management and business. Through succession planning, superior customer and Visma. Pensions at Nordea, Costain Group plc One Touch Systems, Group CEO,
enterprise resource transparency and organizational experience from first Previous assignments Education Previous assignments Deputy CFO at and Mentor at and TGV Software. Accenture’s
planning markets. operational change management, contact to creating and work experience B.Sc in Business Education and work experience Skandia Norden, Merryck Group. Executive Chairman Communications,
Prior to joining IFS, effectiveness, this and shaping our vision value from their Former CEO of Administration and Nic holds a first class Co-founded TA’s Actuary Consultant. of Guidewire and Media & Technology
Darren was the includes for diversity and investment in IFS. As Microsoft Sweden and Economics and MBA degree in Electronic European and Asian Previous assignments Achievers. Board (CMT) business.
President of SAP’s empowering inclusion. Kate lives in part of this customer has held a number of from the University of Engineering and was efforts; currently Previous assignments and work experience director of Previous non-exec
global ERP Cloud employees with the Berkshire in the UK value approach, senior positions within St Gallen, Switzerland. an IEEE and National co-head of TA’s and work experience Co-founded TA’s A 30 Pegasystems, AMD, director appointments
business, where he necessary resources and is married with 2 Michael is responsible Microsoft, including Engineering Council Europe Technology Chief Risk Officer at year career in Unisys, Success at Adchemy (acquired
had end-to-end as well as an children. She holds an for IFS’s commercial as COO of Cloud Elected in 2016 scholar. Group. Previous roles Klarna, Group CFO for enterprise software Factors, and others. by Walmart), Vlocity
responsibility for all understanding of Executive MBA from strategy and services and software at Goldman Sachs, Life & Pensions at having held senior Executive Vice (acquired by
product and how their goals Western University, revenue-generating development Elected in 2022 Accretive LLC, and Nordea, Deputy CFO leadership positions in President at Oracle Salesforce) and
go-to-market contribute to the Canada and is a activities. Prior to engagements. Has Broadview at Skandia Norden, global tech Corporation. Churchill Club (a
functions, and an success of the Fellow of the joining IFS, Michael also worked as a sales International. Actuary Consultant. businesses, including: prominent Silicon
organization of over company as a Chartered Institute of worked for more than leader for consumer Citrix, CA Elected in 2017 Valley non-for-profit).
5,000 staff. Darren whole. Constance Personnel and a decade at Software mobility solutions and Education Education Technologies, McAfee,
lives in the UK, has an MBA degree Development. AG, where he was vertical industry BSc in System Masters degree in Novell and Business Education
where he enjoys from INSEAD where most recently a solutions in Europe. Engineering from Mathematical Objects. Executive
spending time she met her husband member of the Group Board director of University of Statistics from Management Program
outside of work with and with whom she Executive Board Automic Software. Pennsylvania, MBA Stockholm University. Education at IMD, and a degree
his family. has two boys. responsible for from Wharton School Dual degree in from Iowa State
Customer Elected in 2016 of Business. Elected in 2021 European Business at University.
Engagement Middlesex University
Excellence. Elected in 2020 & Fachhochschule Elected in 2017
Reutlingen, EIC
Non-Violent
Communication, PCIC
Henley Business
School.

Elected in 2021

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