The Australian department of worldwide know-how providers and consulting agency Logicalis has tapped Lisa Fortey as its appearing nation head to cowl the departure of CEO Anthony Woodward.
A veteran ICT trade entrepreneur, Woodward has been within the high function for the previous three and a half years after becoming a member of in mid-2021, whereas Fortey joined the consulting agency a decade in the past and has most just lately served as nationwide gross sales director.
The handover comes as Logicalis, which rebadged from Thomas Duryea Logicalis in 2021 following its earlier buy of the native consultancy, integrates with the agency’s Asia operations to type a brand new Asia Pacific department.
“As a part of the continuing consolidation of the Australia enterprise into Logicalis APAC, I end up my function as CEO this month,” Woodward acknowledged. “I’m excited by the chances that the extra built-in enterprise presents to this market, bringing a powerhouse of 1600-plus professionals and an exhaustive portfolio of modern product and repair choices to really compete.”
Logicalis, which is headquartered within the UK and a subsidiary of Datatec (the previous proprietor of TMT consultancy Analysys Mason) mentioned upon its formation final 12 months that the brand new APAC unit would have mixed revenues upwards of $350 million throughout its ten international locations. The apply is led by CEO Chong-Win Lee, who Fortey will now report on to as appearing Australia nation head.
Primarily based out of Melbourne, Fortey joined Logicalis in 2014 following three years as an account government at Information#3, which had newly acquired know-how consultancy Enterprise Side across the time of departure. Earlier, she spent a decade between ICT firms Interactive, Pgi, and eKit, and has since becoming a member of Logicalis climbed the ranks from Victoria gross sales supervisor by means of to nationwide director.
Subsequent chapter
“It’s an unimaginable alternative to steer and collaborate with an incredible group as we give attention to driving development and delivering modern options to our clients,” Fortey mentioned of her newest problem, thanking her leaders and mentors over the previous ten years. “I’m trying ahead to this subsequent chapter and to attaining nice issues along with our group, companions, and clients.”
In a submit to LinkedIn, Fortey added that her priorities as nation head would cowl quite a few areas, together with a give attention to strengthening relationships with companions and shoppers to ship impactful enterprise outcomes, rising Logicalis’s market presence by embracing transformation providers and rising applied sciences, and empowering the agency’s groups to innovate and thrive.
Talking final 12 months on the launch of the Asia Pacific apply, world CEO Bob Bailkoski acknowledged; “The purpose for Logicalis is evident: to harness the collective strengths of the corporate’s numerous operations to drive innovation and development all through Australia, Asia, and the globe. This reorganisation represents a strategic response to the evolving IT panorama within the digital age.”
