LONDON – Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced that effective July 1, 2024, Greg Bentley will transition from Bentley Systems’ CEO to executive chair of its board of directors. Nicholas Cumins, currently COO, will then be promoted to CEO, and be proposed to join the board of directors.
The announcement was made during the opening event for Bentley Systems’ new UK headquarters in the City of London, beginning the observance of the company’s 40th anniversary.
Cumins has served as Bentley Systems’ COO since January 2022. He joined Bentley Systems as chief product officer in September 2020 prior to the company’s IPO. Previously he was general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud and served as chief product officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and as senior vice president of product with OpenX. Before OpenX, he had already served in a variety of senior roles at SAP, including product management, corporate strategy and business development. Cumins is a dual French and U.S. citizen and is based in France. He holds Maîtrise de Droit (Law) and Maîtrise de Sciences de Gestion (Business) degrees from University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Paris.