LONDON, November 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Logicalis Group, the international IT solutions and managed
services provider, today announced it has appointed Gary Bullard as Chief Executive of Logicalis
Group, with effect from 1st March
2014. Gary will succeed Ian
Cook who is retiring as CEO but will become non-executive
Chairman of Logicalis Group.
Gary has substantial international experience in the IT and
telecoms industry spanning over 25 years. In his most recent role
he was UK CEO and President of Australia, Middle
East and Asia for Logica
plc, now part of CGI Inc, the Canadian based global IT services
company. Prior to this, Gary was Managing Director of BT plc's
corporate business unit and President, BT Global Services.
Gary has also over 20 years held senior executive positions in
IBM including General Manager, IBM Global Services EMEA and General
Manager, IBM Global Solutions, a $12bn unit based out of New York.
Ian Cook, Logicalis CEO
commented:
"We are extremely pleased that Gary with his international
industry experience and proven track record is joining us to lead
Logicalis. Gary has led some significant IT services
organisations that deliver long-term complex services to their
clients."
"With over 2300 services professionals in 24 countries,
Logicalis is actively investing in expanding its services skills,
capabilities, platforms and processes and Gary's experience will be
valuable in continuing to build on this strategy, and I am very
pleased to welcome him on board," says Ian.
Gary who will join Logicalis in December
2013 as CEO designate, is also a non-executive director of
Rotork Plc (LSE: ROR).
"I'm excited to be joining Logicalis and see a strong foundation
on which to build momentum for growth specifically in the areas of
software defined networks, enterprise mobility and cloud
solutions," said Gary Bullard.
"Logicalis is very well positioned to exploit these fast growing
areas and I am grateful for the opportunity to lead Logicalis into
a new era of growth and success."
ABOUT LOGICALIS
Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services
provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in
communications and collaboration; data centre and cloud services;
and managed services.
Logicalis employs nearly 3,500 people worldwide, including
highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and
manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of almost
6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this,
Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders
such as Cisco, HP, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware
and ServiceNow.
The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of over $1.4 billion, from operations in Europe, North
America, South America and
Asia Pacific, and is fast
establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications
solution integrators, specialising in the areas of advanced
technologies and services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on
the Johannesburg and London AIM
Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $5
billion.
For more information, visit http://www.logicalis.com.
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