Jeremy John Ord
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. Jeremy is a non-executive director of Paracon Holdings Limited.

Brett William Dawson
Chief Executive Officer
Brett Dawson was appointed Group CEO in March 2004. He joined Dimension Data in 1997 and has held numerous positions within the Group. He first acted as Financial Director of the Group joint venture, OmniLink. 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 Chief Financial Officer of Dimension Data North America. In October 2002, he was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In February 2011, Brett was appointed to the board of Keane International Inc. 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. Brett is a Chartered Accountant

Stephen Michael Joubert
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 and is a Chartered Accountant (SA).

Patrick Keith Quarmby
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.

Patrick has been a director of Dimension Data since 1996. In July 2002, he was appointed Chairman of Datacraft Asia, and is also a Board member of Tradebridge and Nihilent. Prior to joining Dimension Data, Patrick was Managing Director of Standard Bank in Hong Kong, a Director of Standard Bank in London, and a tax partner at Ernst & Young South Africa. Patrick graduated with Honours from the University of Cape Town and is a Chartered Accountant (SA).

David Brian Sherriffs
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 the 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.

Roderick (Rory) Michael Scott
Independent non-executive Director
Rory Scott was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc as a non-executive director at the time of its *listing in London and Johannesburg in 2000. He had previously served as a non-executive director on the Board of Dimension Data Holdings Limited, and before that as the Group Financial Director from 1987 to 1991. He is presently Managing Director of the Scottish Knitwear Group SA (Pty) Limited. Rory graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a Chartered Accountant (SA). He serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Remuneration Committee. Given the length of time that has elapsed since his service as an executive director, the company considers him to be independent.

Tetsuro Yamaguchi
Group Executive: Joint Business Development
Mr. Tetsuro Yamaguchi was appointed a Board member and group executive of Dimension Data in February 2011. His primary responsibility is to promote business collaboration between Dimension Data and the various NTT companies across the world, as one NTT Group. From July 2006, Mr. Yamaguchi served as President and CEO of NTT America. In this role, he oversaw NTT America’s strategic initiatives including product development, carrier and vendor relations, and NTT’s company-wide revenue growth efforts. Mr. Yamaguchi joined NTT Public Corporation in 1979. He has served in a number of managerial and strategic planning roles across the organisation, including vice president of the Financial Industry Sales Department, Enterprise Sales Division from 2005 to 2006, general manager in the Corporate Planning Department from 2000 to 2001, deputy managing director of NTT Deutschland (Germany) from 1993 to 1995, and general manager in the Planning Development Department for NTT Media Scope, a joint venture between NTT and several Japanese media companies from 1987 to 1992. Mr Yamaguchi has a Master of Business Administration degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management (1993) and a BA in Economics from Waseda University (1979).

Tsunehisa Okuno

Non-executive Director

Mr Tsunehisa Okuno was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc as a non-executive director in February 2011. He also serves as a member of the Group’s Audit Committee. In 2007 Mr Tsunehisa was appointed General Manager of the Global Business Strategy Office at NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). Prior to this he was Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning Department at NTT from (1999 to 2001) after which he was appointed Director of Corporate Planning Department at NTT Communications Corporation. Mr Tsunehisa graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Executive Programme.

Toshiaki Sakurai

Non-executive Director

Mr Toshiaki Sakurai was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data Holdings plc as a non-executive director in July 2011. He also serves as a member of the Group’s Audit Committee. In 2011 Mr Sakurai was appointed Senior Manager of Global Business Office at NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation). Prior to this he was Senior Manager of Strategic Business Development Division at NTT from 2008 to 2011 after which he was appointed Senior Manager of Corporate Planning Department at NTT Communications Corporation. He graduated from the MBA Programme at the Katz Graduate School, University of Pittsburgh.

John Newbury

Non-executive Director

John Newbury was appointed to the Board of Dimension Data plc as a non-executive director in February 2011. His business career spans five decades with a significant focus on the motor industry. He served as Chief Executive of Nissan South Africa for 17 years until his retirement in 2000.

John is widely recognised as a vastly experienced industrialist. He is the owner of John Newbury Investments (Proprietary) Limited, and serves on the boards of various companies, including MMI Holdings, Super Group, Tracker, Marc Group, InVenFin, National Airways Corporation, Metropolitan Health and The Blue Bulls Company.