Dimension Data Restructures AccessKenya’s Board Of Directors

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Effective 16 September, Derek Wilcocks, will be CEO of Dimension Data Middle East & Africa; Nick Reed will be MD of Internet Solutions International and Julian Sunker will be COO of Internet Solutions. The three come on board after AccessKenya was acquired by DiData, now part of the firm’s Internet Solutions business.

The three have joined AccessKenya Group board of directors after its R328-million acquisition.

Derek Willcocks has been CEO of Dimension Data Middle East & Africa since April 2012. Formerly, he was MD of Internet Solutions after joining the group in 1995 as founding MD of Trusted Network Solution. He has served for 18 years at Dimension Data group in several positions.

Nick Reed joined Internet Solutions early last year and has been responsible for the Internet Solutions’ Africa businesses while Sunker came to Dimension Data in 1997 as financial manager and has worked for 16-years with the group and was in 2006 appointed as the board’s financial director Middle East & Africa. In October  last year, Sunker moved to Internet Solutions as COO.

Before the acquisition, AccessKenya Group’s Board is listed here.

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