Graeme Beardsell is the Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Asia
Pacific (APAC) and CEO of Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand.
Fujitsu is a leading service provider of business, information
technology and communications solutions for partners and
customers. This approximately $1.5B organisation employs
close to 4300 people across the Asia Pacific region. Since joining Fujitsu, Graeme has
led Fujitsu’s shift from a horizontal, traditional services company to an industry-aligned,
digital transformation services organisation.
As a transformational leader and a change agent, Graeme is passionate about
connecting work with purpose and impact and is accelerating Fujitsu’s journey to
becoming an Employer of Choice. Following the introduction of several purpose-led
initiatives Fujitsu Australia received a gold award from the Australian Workplace
Equality Index (AWEI) 2022 in recognition of the organisation’s commitment to
Diversity, Equity and ensuring inclusion in the workplace.
Graeme joined Fujitsu from Akamai, where he led the business across 15 countries in
the Asia Pacific for six years. As managing director for Asia Pacific & Japan at Akamai,
Graeme grew the business more than three-fold, doubled the customer base and
drove strategies for significant regional investment and people development. He was a
member of Akamai’s global leadership team and a Board Member of the Akamai
Foundation.
Before joining Akamai, Graeme was Vice President & COO of Asia Pacific at Experian
for four years. Before that, among other achievements, Graeme brought
Salesforce.com to seven Asian countries and grew the business tenfold in four years.
He was also at IBM for 15 years, his last role being a Vice President in IBM Global
Services, Asia Pacific.
Graeme holds a Bachelor of Business Management and Economics from the Melbourne
University of Technology. He has completed executive management courses at
Northwestern University, Boston University, INSEAD and Harvard Business School.
He is on the Board of Australian Business and Community Network (ABCN) a purposeled, not-for-profit organisation that brings businesses and schools together to address
educational disadvantage. Graeme also holds membership in the Australian Institute of
Company Directors, is a member of the Business Council of Australia (BCA).