Mahindra Satyam appoints Edward Pretty as chairman Australia New Zealand operations
03 Jul 2012
Hyderabad: Hyderabad-headquartered consulting and IT services provider, Mahindra Satyam today said it has appointed Edward 'Ted' Pretty as the chairman for its Australian and New Zealand operations for the company's telecom business expansion in the Asian region.
"Ted will be driving the strategy for Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra across network engineering and operations, business intelligence & analytics, cloud, mobility and security. Ted's experience will also facilitate expansion plans in the region as the Organization explores opportunities to offer a higher service suite to businesses in the region," Mahindra Satyam said in a statement.
Pretty is an industry veteran who commenced his career as a lawyer with degrees in economics and law. He has held significant advisory, executive and non executive CXO roles and board and chairman roles in Australia with organisations that include Optus, Telstra, Fujitsu, Visy and RP Data.
He is currently non executive director of National Carrier Neutral data centre provider NextDC Limited and chairman of the leading online and digital media adviser and investor CMB Capital and SiteTour, the cloud based out-of-home advertising and data platform.