The Board of Directors of SPIE announced the appointments, by co-optation, of Dr. Tanja Rueckert as Independent Director and FFP INVEST (as a legal entity) as Observer. FFP INVEST will be represented by its Chief Executive Officer, Bertrand Finet. The Group's Board of Directors approved these appointments on September 14, 2017. Rueckert was appointed Executive Vice President and COO Product & Innovation of SAP SE in 2015, before being made Executive Vice President of SAP SE's Digital Assets & Internet of Things (IoT) Line of Business, and is currently leading as President of SAP SE's IoT & Digital Supply Chain Business Unit.