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Executive Team

NEC Australia Executives

Alan Hyde

Managing Director
NEC Australia and New Zealand

Alan Hyde is the Managing Director of NEC Australia and New Zealand, responsible for transforming the company into one of the country’s leading ICT businesses.

Over the past 20 years, Alan has held senior positions in technical, sales, sales management and executive management roles in the ICT industry in Australia and the UK, working for leading enterprises including IBM, SSA, PeopleSoft and SAP.

Tetsuro Akagi

Chief Planning Officer

Tetsuro Akagi leads NEC Australia’s Corporate Planning function responsible for facilitating liaison between NEC Australia and NEC Asia Pacific and NEC Corporation. He is also responsible for Legal and Risk & Compliance, IT services, consolidating forecasting data from the business operational groups; and is the Company Secretary.

Tetsuro was previously chief manager in NEC’s International Operations Planning Division.

Mike Barber

Director, Infrastructure Services

Mike Barber is responsible for the delivery of NEC Australia's infrastructure and applications operational services nationally across Australia. He has over 30 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors in South Australia. For the last 20 years of his career, Mike has been actively involved in the IT and outsourcing industry holding account, sales and general management roles within SA government and organisations such as HP and EDS.

Antony Dutton

Director, IT Business Solutions

Antony Dutton is responsible for driving the strategic direction and business performance of the IT Business Solutions group and manages key vendor relationships.

Antony has more than 13 years’ experience in the ICT industry in Australia and internationally, having held executive and general management positions across numerous industries. His speciality is the planning and execution of business strategy across sales, marketing, delivery and support. Antony was co-founder and Managing Director of Aaromba Technologies prior to joining CSG in 2010.

Lynette Elliott

Director, Marketing & Business Strategy

Lynette Elliott leads the marketing, business transformation, strategy and change management programs at NEC Australia.

Lynette has over 20 years ICT industry leadership experience in senior executive business strategy, product and marketing roles at companies including vividwireless, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Telstra, Lucent Technologies and EDS.

Blair Gowans

Director, Professional Services

Blair Gowans leads NEC Australia's Professional Services group, responsible for IT resourcing which provides high quality, industry specialist consultants to businesses. With more than 25 years’ experience in the IT sector, Blair has been building business and professional services capabilities for organisations for the past 13 years. Prior to joining CSG five years ago, Blair established his own professional services company, Bexton.

Naoto Hotta

Chief Finance Officer

Naoto Hotta leads NEC Australia’s Finance and Controller function as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for ensuring compliance with company financial policies, corporate financial consolidation, taxation management, JSOX compliance, financial governance, credit control and the treasury activity.

Naoto has had a 20+ year career with NEC and broad experience in both legal and management accounting. Naoto’s previous roles include Senior Manager within the Global Business Process Competence Center, MIS Division; Senior Manager, Accounting & Tax Planning Office, Corporate Controller Division; and General Manager of the NEC America Finance Group.

Peter Hoy

Director, Human Resources

Peter Hoy is the Director of Human Resources for NEC Australia, responsible for human resources strategy, organisational development and corporate facilities management.

Peter has over 30 years’ experience in management roles, including human resources, facilities management, quality management, and procurement in both the private and public sector. Prior to joining NEC Australia, Peter worked for the Victorian Accident Compensation Commission (the Statutory Authority responsible for the Victorian WorkCover Scheme) and Federal Government Departments of Immigration & Ethnic Affairs and Productivity/Defence Support.

Ross Magee

Director, Communications Solutions

Ross Magee leads NEC Australia’s Communications Solutions group and is responsible for UC solutions and sales, display solutions and specialist communication solutions.

Ross has over 25 years' international business experience, leading and growing businesses in IT consulting and services. He has held a number of senior executive positions with Ajilon Australia, IBM, American Management Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KAZ Group.