HP announced Balu Doraisamy's appointment as
the Managing Director for Asia Pacific Japan and Senior VP for the Technology
Solutions Group (TSG). Doraisamy succeeds Tom Iannotti who has returned to the
USA to assume the role of MD, Americas.
Doraisamy begins his new role immediately and
will be based in Singapore. He has more than 23 years' experience with HP, most
recently as MD of HP India. In that role, he and his team have driven key
programs in India which have accelerated growth and delivered outstanding
performance for HP.
In his APJ MD role, Doraisamy will be
responsible for continuing the focus on creating value for our customers and
profitable growth together with the region leadership team.
"We are pleased to have an HP leader of Balu's
caliber take over the responsibility of leading the team in Asia Pacific and
Japan," said Ann
Livermore, Executive VP, Technology Solutions
Group, HP. She added, "His impressive track record and years of experience as a
country manager position him to build on HP's success in the geography."
Doraisamy previously served as the MD of
Compaq Computer India, where he led Compaq as the top IT vendor position in the
domestic market. Before this assignment, he was based in Singapore for nine
years where he managed the Asia Pacific Global Accounts business in Digital and
Compaq. He joined Digital Equipment Corporation, USA, in 1984 as Senior
Technology Consultant, based at Nashua, NH.
He holds a post graduate degree in Computer
Science and a master's degree in Mathematics.
