Technology Magazine May 2020 | Page 125

John Lombard
EXECUTIVE PROFILE

John Lombard

John Lombard was appointed Chief Executive Officer , Asia Pacific of NTT Ltd . on 1 July 2019 . As CEO , John manages the end-to-end go-to-market , sales , delivery , operations , and profitability for Asia Pacific . NTT Ltd was incorporated on 1 July 2019 to bring together 31 brands , including Dimension Data , NTT Communications and NTT Security , into a single global technology services company
John joined Dimension Data Asia Pacific as the CEO in May 2016 , with over 30 years of leadership and management consulting experience . Prior to Dimension Data , John worked for SAP as Head of Services for Asia Pacific Japan , as well as the CEO and Managing Director of Crowe Howarth . During his time at SAP , he was responsible for services and support across 14 countries in the Asia Pacific Japan region and was central to driving the company ’ s Cloud Services , Consulting , Custom Development and Education portfolio .
125 John is also the co-founder of # HeforShe for LeanIn Asia , which helps create an environment that enables women to # LeanIn to their careers and passions . He also serves on the board of directors of Very Special Arts Singapore . John holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia . www . technologymagazine . com