
When I stepped into the role of CEO, we reconfirmed the
strategic roadmap that was announced in November 2024,
which was shaped through a comprehensive strategic review
with our Executive Committee and validated by the Board. Our
strategy focuses on three growth levers: strengthening our
best‑of‑suite leadership, advancing our modular core for Tier 1
and Tier 2 banks, and accelerating adjacent point solutions
where we see growing demand. These priorities define how we
invest, execute and measure our progress. Throughout 2025,
our teams executed consistently against these priorities, as
demonstrated by our strong quarterly and full year results.
Strengthening the foundations
forlong‑termgrowth
Temenos operates in a large, stable market with resilient
growth, driven by structural forces that continue to accelerate.
Banks remain under pressure to modernize their technology
platforms while managing rising regulatory complexity, higher
operating costs and intensifying competition from digital-native
players. As a result, buying behavior has continued to shift toward
platforms that offer flexibility, reliability, rapid deployment, and
a clear path to long‑term efficiency gains. In this context, we
have strengthened our focus on value selling, working closely
with our clients to build tangible business cases that demonstrate
the real-world value banks can achieve with our platform.
Institutions are prioritizing investments that reduce complexity,
consolidate vendors, and deliver measurable operational outcomes.
We saw increasing preference for cloud‑based architectures
and modular solutions that allow banks to progress transformation
in manageable steps rather than through large-scale replacements.
This aligns well with our portfolio and with how we have
structured our product and investment roadmap. Banks are
looking for partners which can combine deep functionality
with predictable delivery, and our focus on execution,
transparency and a simplified operating model means
wearewell positioned to meet these expectations.
Delivering stable and predictable performance
2025 was characterized by focused and predictable execution,
in particular over the last three quarters, and this was
reflected in our strong full year results. I was particularly
pleased with our ARR momentum, reflecting the continued
shift toward a recurring revenue model and the relevance of
our portfolio to the needs of financial institutions globally.
Our sales execution was a particular focus, supported by
investments in our go‑to‑market organization, with significant
new sales hiring and investment in sales enablement.
Engagement across our client base increased, and we saw the
quality of our pipeline continue to improve, in particular in the
US which is a key growth market for Temenos. These are
critical leading indicators of sustained growth, and they reflect
the hard work of our product and sales teams.
Driving innovation through disciplined execution
of our strategic roadmap
Across the Company we emphasized alignment, simplicity
andaccountability. The collaboration between product and
technology, go‑to‑market and corporate functions improved
significantly, enabling us to progress faster and with
greatercohesion.
We continued to make significant investments in our product
organization and roadmap to deliver innovation for our clients.
This included launching our first AI agents which we co-developed
with clients, leveraging our combination of deep domain
expertise and customer trust to build credible use cases that
bring material benefits to our clients. We have a structural
advantage in the AI era which we are capitalizing on to further
extend our market leadership.
We also focused on modernizing our operating model,
investingin process improvement, systems automation and
data-driven decision making. These changes are essential to
sustaining growth while creating an organization that is lean,
agile and accountable.
A unified leadership team
This was also a year of transition, and I would like to thank
ourBoard for their trust and support, particularly through
theleadership changes in the third quarter. I am proud of
theexecutive team we now have in place which is highly
experienced, aligned and focused on operational excellence.
Our leadership team is committed to continuing to
strengthenTemenos’ culture of execution, accountability
andcustomer‑centricity.
Our focus on people and culture
Our success is powered by our people. A people-first culture
built on collaboration, empowerment, accountability and
trustremains central to how we lead and how we operate.
Weinvested time in engaging with our people, through small
group conversations, feedback sessions and our employee
engagement survey, because meaningful progress starts with
open dialogue. We continued to recognize and celebrate the
teams and individuals who exemplify our values, and we
focused on strengthening cross‑team collaboration, ensuring
decisions are joined up and aligned to what is best for Temenos.
I believe that when our people have clarity, autonomy and the
right support, they deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients
and for each other.
Looking ahead
We started 2026 with a strong foundation for success. Our strategy
is clear, the organization is aligned, and we are already benefiting
from the investments we made in 2025. The opportunity ahead
is significant. We will continue to execute with discipline, invest
where it matters most, and stay focused on delivering long‑term
value for our shareholders, customers and employees.
Finally, I want to thank our people. Their resilience, commitment
and belief in our direction have been instrumental to our
progress. I am grateful for their dedication, and I am proud
tolead this organization forward.
Takis Spiliopoulos
Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer
Underpinning our strategy are our
strong culture and leadership, delivered
through our business enablers and
supported by ourculture andleadership
Alignment and
collaboration
Clarity of
direction
Transparency
Accountability
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