Leav replaces Malcolm Collins, who has announced his intention to leave NCR to pursue other interests. "Many thanks to Malcolm for his service and we wish him the very best," said Bill Nuti, chairman and chief executive officer, NCR.

Leav joins NCR from Motorola, Inc., where he was most recently corporate vice president and general manager. He will report directly to NCR chairman and CEO Bill Nuti. At Motorola, Leav had responsibility for sales in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa where he led his team to top line revenue growth, successive market share gains and improved operating earnings. Leav will be responsible for driving growth of NCR's assisted and self-service solutions across the financial services, retail and hospitality, travel and gaming, entertainment, healthcare and public sector, and software and technology services industries in more than 100 countries.

"Peter is an experienced sales executive. His appointment reflects our ambition to build the best sales capability in our industry, one that is intensely customer and competitor focused," said Nuti.

Leav is a graduate of Lehigh University and a member of the board of directors for the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration based in New York.