Bennet leaves PWC

May 2, 2000

Chris Bennet, the combative partner in charge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Singapore has left the firm. He is to take up a new position as head of SAP's Asia operations. SAP is a German ERP software provider and one of the leading companies in the competitive ERP field.

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