SDL plc announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer. Following an extensive international search process, the company announced that Adolfo Hernandez will join the Board and will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer on 18 April 2016. Prior to joining company, Adolfo was CEO of Acision Limited from July 2013 to August 2015.

David Clayton, currently Executive Chairman of company will revert to the role of Non-Executive Chairman following a full handover of his executive leadership role and responsibilities to Adolfo. Prior to joining SDL, Adolfo was CEO of Acision Limited from July 2013 to August 2015, which he turned around prior to its merger with Comverse Inc. on 6 August 2015 to form Xura Inc. Adolfo also held senior management roles at Sun Microsystems Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of its services business around the world. From 1992 to 2001 he also spent nine years with IBM in London and Munich where he held a variety of sales leadership positions in the areas of eBusiness and Open Systems.