Board of Directors

   

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Jeremy John Ord (51) ■
Executive Chairman
Jeremy Ord was appointed as Chairman of Dimension Data Holdings plc at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. He held the combined role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1 March 2004, when Brett Dawson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Jeremy previously served as Executive Chairman of Dimension Data Holdings Limited from 1987, as the Group’s Managing Director and in other senior positions since the Group’s 1983 inception.

Brett William Dawson (44)
Chief Executive Officer
Brett Dawson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Group and to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc on 1 March 2004. Prior to this appointment he served as Dimension Data’s Chief Operating Officer from 2002. He joined the Group in 1997 as Financial Director of the Group’s joint venture, OmniLink. He was instrumental in growing the business, which exceeded all business plan objectives and claimed a dominant market share in the South African market. Following the merger of OmniLink and Internet Solutions, Brett was appointed CEO of Internet Solutions. In September 2001 he relocated to take on the role of CFO of Dimension Data North America, where he focused on integrating acquisitions in that territory. Prior to joining Dimension Data, Brett was responsible for corporate strategy and planning at National Brands Limited and held corporate finance positions at Anglovaal Limited and KPMG. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand as a Chartered Accountant (SA).

Stephen Michael Joubert (50)
Group Executive: Global Solutions
Stephen Joubert was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. Prior to that appointment he served as a director of Dimension Data Holdings Limited from 1998. He joined the Group in 1996 as Group Financial Director in Network Services. Before that, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for a number of years. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand as a Chartered Accountant (SA).

Patrick Keith Quarmby (54)
Director: Corporate Finance
Patrick Quarmby was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc at the time of its listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. Prior to that appointment he served on the Board of Dimension Data Holdings Limited from 1996. He was appointed as Chairman of Datacraft Asia in July 2002. Previously he worked as a tax partner at Ernst & Young South Africa and was a director of Standard Bank in London and Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a Chartered Accountant (SA).

David Brian Sherriffs (45)
Chief Financial Officer
David Sherriffs was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 1 March 2004, and was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc on 9 June 2004. He joined the Group in 1997 as a member of the finance team, primarily involved in corporate finance activities. In 2000, David was appointed Vice President of Business Development for Europe and relocated to Germany. From 2003, David served as Group Executive Operations and was responsible for business case assessments relating to strategic projects. Prior to joining the Dimension Data Group, David served in various financial, corporate finance and strategy roles for Anglo American plc, including Executive Assistant to the chairman. David is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and received his MPhil in Management Studies at the University of Oxford.