OpenText appoints Ayman Antoun as CEO

OpenText (OTEX) has appointed Ayman Antoun as CEO and a member of the Board, effective April 20. Antoun held numerous executive roles over 35 years at IBM, most recently serving as President of IBM Americas from 2020 to 2023, and before that as President of IBM Canada and General Manager, Global Technology Services. He was also Senior Vice President of Business Market Sales at Bell Canada from 2013 to 2015. Antoun succeeds James McGourlay, who continues to serve as Interim CEO, following a search process. Upon the transition, McGourlay will move to a role within the Executive Leadership Team at OpenText and P. Thomas Jenkins, currently serving as OpenText’s Executive Chair and Chief Strategy Officer, will return to the role of Chair of the Board.