Fujitsu Australia strengthens Fujitsu Consulting Business Group
Announcement posted by Fujitsu Australia Limited 02 Mar 2005
Fujitsu Australia Limited has appointed Martin North as General Manager of Fujitsu Consulting, a strengthened business for the company in Australia and New Zealand formed through the combination of Fujitsus Strategic Consulting Unit and Management Consulting groups.
The enhanced Fujitsu Consulting structure will come into effect on 1 April 2005.
Fujitsu Consulting is responsible for driving significant revenue for the company in Australia and NZ. It is a critical differentiator for Fujitsu and Fujitsu consultants are increasingly in demand as an integral component of Fujitsus end-to-end business and ICT solutions for its customers.
Organisations that employ Fujitsus consulting services include the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Baycorp Advantage, Macquarie Bank, and St.George Bank.
Fujitsu will continue to build a strong, unified and growing consulting capability, said Mr Rod Vawdrey, Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu Australia.
Fujitsu Consulting is a comprehensive team of consultants with a greater ability to pool intellectual property and experience. It will help deliver more value for our clients by linking their business strategy and change agenda to enabling technologies, he added.
Fujitsu Consulting will have a number of capability areas including Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Value Management, Business Transformation, IT Effectiveness and Enterprise Security.
North previously held the position of Fujitsus General Manager, Strategic Consulting. Prior to joining the company, he gained 12 years experience in the consulting industry with Booz Allen, Andersen Consulting and CSC Index. During this time he worked on a range of IT and business related assignments in financial services, health, travel, retail, utilities and telecommunications in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.
Martin also has 12 years experience in the financial services industry with companies including Citibank and NatWest (UK). He speaks regularly on issues including credit card reform, mortgage industry dynamics and retail banking branch design.
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Notes to Editors
Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand
Fujitsu is a full-service provider of information technology and communications solutions. Throughout Australia and New Zealand, we partner with our customers to consult, design, build, operate and support business solutions. From strategic consulting to application and infrastructure solutions and services, Fujitsu has earned a reputation as the single supplier of choice for leading corporate and government organisations. Fujitsu Australia Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited of Japan. Visit http://au.fujitsu.com for further information
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
Media contact
Gillian Lamrock
Fujitsu Australia Limited
Phone: 02 9776 4799
Mobile: 0411 267 043
Email: gillian.lamrock@au.fujitsu.com
The enhanced Fujitsu Consulting structure will come into effect on 1 April 2005.
Fujitsu Consulting is responsible for driving significant revenue for the company in Australia and NZ. It is a critical differentiator for Fujitsu and Fujitsu consultants are increasingly in demand as an integral component of Fujitsus end-to-end business and ICT solutions for its customers.
Organisations that employ Fujitsus consulting services include the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Baycorp Advantage, Macquarie Bank, and St.George Bank.
Fujitsu will continue to build a strong, unified and growing consulting capability, said Mr Rod Vawdrey, Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu Australia.
Fujitsu Consulting is a comprehensive team of consultants with a greater ability to pool intellectual property and experience. It will help deliver more value for our clients by linking their business strategy and change agenda to enabling technologies, he added.
Fujitsu Consulting will have a number of capability areas including Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Value Management, Business Transformation, IT Effectiveness and Enterprise Security.
North previously held the position of Fujitsus General Manager, Strategic Consulting. Prior to joining the company, he gained 12 years experience in the consulting industry with Booz Allen, Andersen Consulting and CSC Index. During this time he worked on a range of IT and business related assignments in financial services, health, travel, retail, utilities and telecommunications in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.
Martin also has 12 years experience in the financial services industry with companies including Citibank and NatWest (UK). He speaks regularly on issues including credit card reform, mortgage industry dynamics and retail banking branch design.
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Notes to Editors
Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand
Fujitsu is a full-service provider of information technology and communications solutions. Throughout Australia and New Zealand, we partner with our customers to consult, design, build, operate and support business solutions. From strategic consulting to application and infrastructure solutions and services, Fujitsu has earned a reputation as the single supplier of choice for leading corporate and government organisations. Fujitsu Australia Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited of Japan. Visit http://au.fujitsu.com for further information
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
Media contact
Gillian Lamrock
Fujitsu Australia Limited
Phone: 02 9776 4799
Mobile: 0411 267 043
Email: gillian.lamrock@au.fujitsu.com