Unisys strengthens management team with appointment of new managing director for Australia-New Zealand
Announcement posted by Unisys 17 Apr 2004
Reports solid financial performance for first quarter
Unisys has appointed Mike Ettling to the position of Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Mr Ettling will provide senior leadership and direction across operations within the two countries.
Mr Ettling joins a newly constituted Asia Pacific management team built by Andrew Barkla, Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific, over the past nine months. In addition to his regional management role, Mr Barkla also managed the Australian-New Zealand operations during this period, as well as the continued transition of the company to becoming a services business. IT services now contribute 90% of revenues in Asia Pacific, with Australia-New Zealand contributing about half the region's revenue.
"Mike's broad experience in the UK, working in senior management positions for several of the world's leading technology companies, will prove invaluable in his new role with Unisys," commented Andrew Barkla. "Unisys is a services-led, technology enabled business. Mike's experience in IT services and outsourcing will continue to drive the evolution and success of Unisys as a services company."
As the new Managing Director, Mr Ettling will work closely with Unisys clients across five main vertical market sectors-financial services, public sector, transportation, telecommunications and media, and commercial.
"Our first quarter has seen a solid performance in the Australia-New Zealand cluster," comments Mr Ettling. "Highlights include winning an ITO contract with WMC Resources in Australia, and a contract with ASB in New Zealand for infrastructure management services.
"Our infrastructure business performed well in Australia and New Zealand and we continue to see both business process and IT outsourcing opportunities, particularly in Australia.
"Our focus will continue across all five vertical markets. The first quarter has seen Unisys make significant investments in our public sector and financial services practices, and we have launched a new solution for the telecommunications sector, called Communications Ensemble.
"In the public sector, we continue the roll out of the Web services internet network for the New South Wales Department of Education and Training and we have also boosted our management strength with the appointment earlier in the quarter of Dr Michael Lisle-Williams as Managing Partner, Public Sector. We are also boosting our team in Canberra and have similar plans for Wellington.
"In financial services we see continuing opportunities in the areas of risk management and security, as well as outsourcing. Reputation risk - driven partly by regulatory pressure - is now firmly on the agendas of many boards in the financial services sector. Unisys has particular expertise in providing solutions that help manage risk. Under John Billington, the new Managing Partner for Financial Services, we will be focusing on risk management and wealth creation solutions in this market."
Prior to joining Unisys, Mr Ettling was the Board Director of UK-listed technology infrastructure outsourcing services company, Synstar International, where he was responsible for that company's UK and German operations. Mr Ettling's leadership resulted in Synstar being well positioned in the IT managed services industry.
Before joining Synstar, Mr Ettling held a number of senior positions at EDS in the UK, with responsibilities spread across Europe and other countries.
Born in South Africa, Mr Ettling holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and is a graduate of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Mr Ettling joins a newly constituted Asia Pacific management team built by Andrew Barkla, Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific, over the past nine months. In addition to his regional management role, Mr Barkla also managed the Australian-New Zealand operations during this period, as well as the continued transition of the company to becoming a services business. IT services now contribute 90% of revenues in Asia Pacific, with Australia-New Zealand contributing about half the region's revenue.
"Mike's broad experience in the UK, working in senior management positions for several of the world's leading technology companies, will prove invaluable in his new role with Unisys," commented Andrew Barkla. "Unisys is a services-led, technology enabled business. Mike's experience in IT services and outsourcing will continue to drive the evolution and success of Unisys as a services company."
As the new Managing Director, Mr Ettling will work closely with Unisys clients across five main vertical market sectors-financial services, public sector, transportation, telecommunications and media, and commercial.
"Our first quarter has seen a solid performance in the Australia-New Zealand cluster," comments Mr Ettling. "Highlights include winning an ITO contract with WMC Resources in Australia, and a contract with ASB in New Zealand for infrastructure management services.
"Our infrastructure business performed well in Australia and New Zealand and we continue to see both business process and IT outsourcing opportunities, particularly in Australia.
"Our focus will continue across all five vertical markets. The first quarter has seen Unisys make significant investments in our public sector and financial services practices, and we have launched a new solution for the telecommunications sector, called Communications Ensemble.
"In the public sector, we continue the roll out of the Web services internet network for the New South Wales Department of Education and Training and we have also boosted our management strength with the appointment earlier in the quarter of Dr Michael Lisle-Williams as Managing Partner, Public Sector. We are also boosting our team in Canberra and have similar plans for Wellington.
"In financial services we see continuing opportunities in the areas of risk management and security, as well as outsourcing. Reputation risk - driven partly by regulatory pressure - is now firmly on the agendas of many boards in the financial services sector. Unisys has particular expertise in providing solutions that help manage risk. Under John Billington, the new Managing Partner for Financial Services, we will be focusing on risk management and wealth creation solutions in this market."
Prior to joining Unisys, Mr Ettling was the Board Director of UK-listed technology infrastructure outsourcing services company, Synstar International, where he was responsible for that company's UK and German operations. Mr Ettling's leadership resulted in Synstar being well positioned in the IT managed services industry.
Before joining Synstar, Mr Ettling held a number of senior positions at EDS in the UK, with responsibilities spread across Europe and other countries.
Born in South Africa, Mr Ettling holds a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and is a graduate of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.