Barry Holt appointed MD of Unisys Africa

Johannesburg, 06 Dec 2000

Barry Holt has been appointed Managing Director of Unisys Africa, a subsidiary of global IT company Unisys Corporation which has a an annual turnover of $7,5 billion.

Mr Holt has been with the company since 1972 when he joined as a sales trainee with Burroughs, a precursor of Unisys in South Africa. He has held several positions within Unisys from Human Resources Director to Information Systems Director and Managing Principal.

Unisys Africa is headquartered in Johannesburg and is responsible for conducting business throughout Africa.

Unisys Africa has a significant presence in the financial and public sector, communications, and in the commercial energy and retail sectors.

Unisys

Unisys is an electronic business solutions company whose 36,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy. Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era. The company offers a rich portfolio of Unisys e-@ction Solutions for electronic business based on its expertise in vertical industry solutions, network services, outsourcing, systems integration and multivendor support, coupled with enterprise-class server and related technologies. The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include financial services, transportation, communications, publishing and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal government customers. Unisys is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com. Investor information can be found at www.unisys.com/investor.