Fujitsu appoints Rob Purdy as Country Manager, New Zealand
WELLINGTON, November 1, 2021—Fujitsu today announced that it has appointed Rob Purdy to the role of Country Manager, New Zealand, commencing in Auckland today. As Country Manager, New Zealand, Rob will help drive strategic customer and employee engagement, profitable growth and delivery excellence across all industry sectors within New Zealand.
Prior to joining Fujitsu, Rob spent more than 20 years in the New Zealand IT market, where he built a reputation for successfully leading large transformation teams within customer engagements, most recently within the NZ government sector. Rob’s most recent role was leading sales at Datacom. Prior to this he successfully established new service lines and built out teams across Datacom’s cloud, security and network businesses.
Graeme Beardsell, Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, said, “Rob’s extensive experience in leading strategic pursuits will be instrumental in our continued commitment to drive engagement, growth and quality of service for our customers and employees in New Zealand.”
Rob Purdy, Country Manager, New Zealand, said, “I am delighted to join Fujitsu New Zealand and am excited to continue our success as a market leader and proven innovator in digital transformation. Further, as a passionate mentor and coach I look forward to identifying and developing the future generation of leaders to enable ongoing business success.”
Rob will report to Kathy Cakarnis, Vice President, Customer Industry Engagement, and will be a key member of the Customer Industry Engagement Leadership Team and will represent New Zealand in the Executive Leadership Team.
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About Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 126,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.6 trillion yen (US$34 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com/au.
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