Brendon Riley is the Chief Executive for IBM in the UK and Ireland, where he leads IBM's overall business and is responsible for a workforce of over 20,000 people.
Previously, based in Vienna, he served as Managing Director of IBM in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia/CIS, Middle East, Africa, Austria and Switzerland, where he was responsible for one of the corporation’s fastest-growing portfolios worldwide.
Prior to this position, Brendon was based in Sydney, in his native Australia, where he was the Managing Director & Chief Executive of IBM Global Services Australia (GSA), an IBM, Telstra and Lend Lease joint venture company. IBM GSA was the leading provider of IT services to the Australian market, covering consulting, systems integration, application development, outsourcing, networking and technical support services.
Brendon moved to Sydney from Tokyo, where he was based for over five years focusing on the development of the IBM services business across the Asia Pacific (AP) region. His roles within IBM Global Services included Director of Marketing and Operations, Director of Telecommunications and Media Industries and Vice President, Distribution Sector.
Brendon began his IBM career in Perth, Western Australia, as a sales representative. He held a number of senior management positions in Australia including State Manager, IBM South Australia and Director Operations, IBM Australia/New Zealand.
Outside of IBM, Brendon is a former Director of the IT Skills Hub in Australia, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Born and raised in the South West of Western Australia, Brendon holds a Bachelor of Business in Information Processing from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). He is married to Angelina, from St Albans, Hertfordshire and together they have two teenage children.