Chairman, Fujitsu Australia Limited

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Date of Birth: 16th November, 1938

Qualifications:

• BA (Honours) University of Bombay, India, majoring in Economics and Political Science
• Fellow, Australian Computer Society (FACS)
  

Honours:

Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on Australia Day, 2000 for service to business especially in the IT industry and as a contributor to the development of Australian Multiculturalism.

Career Details:

• New India Assurance Company Limited 1959 - 1965
• IBM Australia Limited 1965-1980
• Fujitsu Australia Limited 1980-
  o Managing Director 1989-1997
  o Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 1997- 2000
  o Chairman 2000 -

Directorships:

• Fujitsu Australia Limited
• Fujitsu ICIM Limited (India)
• Fujitsu Asia Private Limited (ASEAN Region)
• Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA); Vice-President, NSW
• Special Broadcasting Services (SBS); Deputy Chairman
• NRMA Building Society
• OneSteel Limited
• University of New South Wales (UNSW) Foundation
  

Chairmanships:

• Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) (1994-96)
• National Multicultural Advisory Council (1996-1999)
• Council for Multicultural Australia
• Business (Migration) Advisory Panel
• Intelligent Island (Tasmania) Board
• Australia-India Business Council (AIBC)
• (Convenor) Australia India Information Industries Business Network (AIIIBN)

Memberships,
Australian Government

• CRC (Co-operative Research Centre) Committee (1992-2000)
• Trade Policy Advisory Council (1996-1999)
• Australia-Singapore Joint Information and Communications Technology Council

Memberships, other

• Victorian Premier's Multimedia and Communications Task Force (1994-1999)
• UNSW and University of Sydney, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) Advisory Council
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) Multicultural Advisory Committee (1996-2000)
• Japanese Studies Centre for Teaching Development Advisory Board, Macquarie University, Sydney

Academic Appointments:

• Executive in Residence, AGSM
• Adjunct Professor, National Graduate School of Management (NGSM), Australian National University (ANU)

President:

• Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) 1/1/1999-31/12/2000

Personal:

Mr Roach is married, has three children and six grand children. He has a love of all sports - especially cricket, and Sumo wrestling.