Roach appointed chairman of TCS-FNS in Australia

Stan Beer
Wednesday, 04 January 2006 22:25

IT People - People

Indian offshore outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has appointed Neville Roach chairman of TCS-FNS, the Australian company established to acquire Sydney-based Financial Network Services (FNS) in October 2005. He will also be an Advisor to TCS Australia.

Mr Roach is a high profile figure in the Australian ICT industry having worked for IBM Australia from 1965 to 1980 when he joined Fujitsu Australia, where he rose to the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer before retiring in 2004. He also served as Chairman of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and President of the Asian Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) and on several Australian Federal and State ICT industry development committees. More recently, he was the founding Chairman of National ICT Australia (NICTA). His current positions include Chairman of SmartInternet Cooperative Research Centre, TAFE Global and the Australia India Business Council and Director of OneSteel Limited and the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNET).

Mr Roach, a long time advocate of forging closer links between the Indian and Australian ICT industries, said, 'I am proud to become closely associated with TCS, India's largest IT software and services company as well as TCS-FNS, one of Australia's most successful global solutions providers. I am particularly excited that TCS is committed to the development of TCS-FNS into a global centre of excellence for the banking industry. 'This gives TCS-FNS the opportunity to become a role model for the development of the Australian IT industry through the combination of Australia's world class domain knowledge and India's software development expertise and global marketing reach.'