Former Merkle A/NZ chief government Steve Yurisich has been appointed as Thoughtworks new regional managing director for the Asia Pacific area, becoming a member of because the tech consultancy goes non-public.
Previous to a current sabbatical, Yurisich spent simply over a 12 months as Merkle’s A/NZ CEO after being elevated from chief development officer, earlier than which he spent near a decade as a senior chief at Accenture between Australia and the UK.
Yurisich joins Thoughtworks because it transitions to as soon as once more being a personal firm, with London-based non-public fairness agency Apax Companions finishing its $1.75 billion takeover late final 12 months after the worldwide tech consultancy floated in 2021.
“Thoughtworks has lengthy been an organization I’ve deeply admired for its pioneering position within the software program improvement trade and talent to create extraordinary influence by a singular mixture of tradition, expertise, and innovation,” Yurisich acknowledged, including that he was honoured to be taking up from former Australia managing director Kristan Vingrys, who has led the APAC area since 2022.
Now primarily based out of Melbourne, Yurisich spent a substantial chunk of his early profession in Sweden and the UK, together with establishing a pair of cell web and media software program corporations within the early 2000s, earlier than then becoming a member of Accenture as a managing director in London and Australia, together with time as A/NZ digital lead. He then served as native chief development officer for Accenture Interactive.
Becoming a member of Merkle in 2022, Yurisich was caught out final 12 months by Dentsu’s main restructure, which has seen a lot of Merkle’s native C-suite depart the corporate, together with APAC chief John Riccio, who now runs his personal advisory Endpoint Companions, and chief development and expertise transformation officers Michael Sullivan and Jakob Webster, the previous who has since joined Suppose Past.
Nonetheless, Yurisich sounds happy sufficient together with his new gig: “After an inspiring first week with the remainder of the worldwide administration group, I’m trying ahead to collaborating with our proficient folks, connecting with our shoppers throughout APAC to drive innovation, influence, and worth collectively within the weeks and months forward. As I embark on this journey, I’m thrilled for what’s to return.”
Amongst that international administration group is Mike Sutcliff, the pressure behind and former CEO of Accenture Digital, who took over as Thoughtworks chief in the course of final 12 months forward of the consultancy’s acquisition by Apax. The agency has acknowledged that going non-public will assist it give attention to its long-term technique and speed up innovation and management in AI-enabled software program and companies.
