Former Wipro A/NZ nation head, Christopher Smith, has departed the know-how large to take up the Asia Pacific managing director position for international GovTech specialist Civica.
Smith joined Wipro from Telstra’s consulting division – Telstra Purple – as Australia and New Zealand nation head and managing director in late 2022, and now brings his three a long time {of professional} expertise to Civica.
Established in 2001 and headquartered in London, Civica is a public sector software program supplier {and professional} companies agency which was picked up by funding administration large Blackstone final 12 months, at a reported worth of $2.5 billion.
Now, the corporate is seeking to develop its presence within the Asia Pacific, tasking Smith with driving enterprise operations, development, and technique throughout the area out of Sydney in alignment with Civica’s international targets. In line with the agency’s web site, Civica has bases in Newcastle, Brisbane, Melbourne and Geelong, with additional regional retailers in Singapore and India.
“I’m delighted to welcome Chris to Civica,” acknowledged Lee Perkins, chief govt officer since 2022. “His confirmed skill to develop companies and forge impactful relationships within the APAC market, mixed along with his deep buyer focus and go-to-market experience, might be invaluable to our management staff as we proceed our journey to change into a world GovTech champion.”
Previous to heading up Telstra Purple, Smith served in quite a few senior roles throughout a decade-long stint on the Australian teclo, together with as govt director for international and enterprise know-how companies, having began out within the business in 1995 following {an electrical} engineering diploma at UNSW. His three-decade profession has since included postings throughout Europe, Asia, and the US.
“I’m excited to affix Civica at such a pivotal time in its journey,” Smith mentioned of his newest appointment. “The corporate’s dedication to bettering the lives of residents by creating important cloud-based software program and companies is actually inspiring. I sit up for working with our proficient staff to drive growth and success throughout the APAC area, Civica’s second-largest market.”
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As per the agency, Civica helps each degree of presidency in addition to these within the well being, social care, and training sectors with options catering to each facet of working an efficient organisation, overlaying ‘individuals processes, analytics, governance, finance logistics, and digital companies’. The agency claims to have over 6,000 shoppers, with 100 million-plus customers globally.
Upon its buy, Blackstone’s senior managing director Jonathan Murphy mentioned; “Civica has established itself as a pacesetter within the ‘GovTech’ house, with a wonderful model and enviable market place, and we’re excited to be partnering with a stellar administration staff to help its subsequent section of development, serving to public our bodies globally embrace know-how and enhance their companies.”
In the meantime, Smith’s predecessor at Wipro, Sarah Adam-Gedge, a former govt at Publicis Sapient, Avanade, IBM Consulting and PwC, additionally served for lower than two years as A/NZ managing director, and has since been appointed as chair of Kinetic IT and a director of Cricket Australia, which is aligned with fellow Indian large HCLTech. Wipro has but to announce Smith’s substitute.
