Logica appoints Bill Richards as Chief Client Officer

Logica Australia, a leading IT and business services provider, today announced that Bill Richards will step up into the newly created Chief Client Officer role.

Working across Logica’s client base to deliver IT services that better address their evolving business challenges, Richards will drive the direction and delivery of Logica’s broad range of consulting and IT services. These include Smart Networks, Smart Infrastructure, Asset Management, Information Management, Application Development and Managed Services. 

The new position reports directly to Colin Holgate, CEO Logica Asia Pacific and Australia.  “Bill Richards will lead the Australian sales and marketing divisions to implement our strategy of growth through long term partnerships with our clients. This new position has been created to expand our alliance with key clients,” Holgate explained.

Bill Richards, Chief Client Officer, said: “Logica already has an excellent reputation for its technical expertise and strong domain knowledge across the energy & utilities, government, transport and asset intensive industries. Our Australian business has grown over the past 30 years because we understand the challenges and opportunities facing our clients.”

“These clients operate in complex and highly dynamic political, social, regulatory and economic environments.  There is constant change and pressure for greater responsiveness, security, transparency and efficiency.  Our daily dialogue with clients constantly explores new technologies and better business processes. Logica provides value by bridging the gap between technology and business on a dynamic basis,” added Richards.

Richards has been with Logica since 2000. He has held a number of executive roles in delivery leadership with a strong focus on building Logica’s long term client partnerships. Bill’s previous role focused on sales and project delivery within Logica’s Managed Services division which he built into one of the company’s key revenue generators.

Prior to joining Logica, Richards had a number of sales and service delivery focused roles within the IT and telecoms space, including working as the Outsourcing Manager for MITS. He holds a Diploma of Applied Science from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

About Logica:

Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’ business needs.

Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG).More information is available at www.logica.com .

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