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EDS Appoints Martin Blackburn To Lead Europe, Middle East And Africa Operations
March 3rd 2008 -
Former Chief Executive, Global Service Delivery, Logica joins EDS
London, UK – EDS today announced the appointment of Martin Blackburn to the position of vice president and general manager, EDS Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Operations. He will report directly to Bill Thomas, executive vice president for EDS EMEA, effective 1 April 2008.
Within this role, Blackburn will assume responsibility for EDS EMEA operations, including the management of delivery to all clients in the region, strategy and financial performance. Blackburn is replacing Mike Koehler, who will assume the position of executive vice president of Global ITO Services.
To this role, Blackburn brings extensive knowledge and experience in leading the operations function of major outsourcing organisations. Previously, he served as Chief Executive, Global Service Delivery Logica – a division which comprises around 6500 staff. In this role, Blackburn was responsible for all business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, applications management and offshore service delivery within the Logica Group. During his time in this role, Blackburn re-established growth for the company - building an impressive client portfolio, formulating the company's off-shore strategy and personally spearheading the change programme underpinning the company's transformation.
“Martin brings to EDS unique experience and insight which will be instrumental in ensuring we continue to deliver a high quality, consistent service across our client base,” said Thomas. “In particular, Martin's recent success building a thriving global delivery model, offering clients the right blend of offshore, nearshore and onshore locations, is particularly complementary to EDS' BestShore strategy.”
Blackburn holds an BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Information Systems. He is also a Member of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institute of Mathematics.
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