By Nathan Dukes
CSC yesterday announced the appointment of Gavin Larkings as President of CSC’s Australian Operations.
Larkings replaces Nick Wilkinson, whose assignment ends in Australia on April 6th 2010.
CSC Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael W. Laphen congratulated Wilkinson on his successes in Australia, noting his ability to improve the company’s market presence in the region.
“Nick Wilkinson has been instrumental fostering growth with a stronger focus on marketplace recognition and improved sales and marketing capabilities in CSC Australia’s target verticals,” Laphen said.
“He has also continued the enhancement of our reputation in service and project delivery performance for our clients. We thank him for his leadership of our Australian team over these past two years, and I look forward to.”
Larking’s joins CSC Australia following completion of the Harvard Advanced Management Program.
Prior to that, he undertook a successful assignment as vice president of service delivery with CSC’s Managed Services Sector (MSS) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Larkings is familiar with the Australian arm of CSC, having previously held the position of vice president of service delivery in the Australian region.
Larkings’ career in information technology spans over 30 years and includes management roles within the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and EDS.
“Larkings’ global leadership experience makes him ideally suited to lead the Australian operations,” Laphen said
“His background will play an important role in helping clients focus on restructuring operations and business transformation initiatives as they capitalise on the recovery of the economy. Larkings will also drive the introduction of emerging delivery models of Cloud Computing to ensure clients gain further efficiencies and achieve their business outcomes,” he continued.
Wilkinson will remain with the company, with Laphen stating he will be ‘announcing his new assignment in the near future’.
