Computacenter plc announced the appointment of Simon McNamara as an independent non-executive director of its board of directors, with immediate effect. Simon most recently served for ten years as Chief Administration Officer at Natwest Group, where he led the transformation of its technology and services proposition, and oversaw more than 30,000 employees across the UK, EMEA and India. Prior to joining Natwest Group, Simon was Chief Information Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Consumer Bank, based in Singapore, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the Group Technology and Operations strategy.

Simon has also held a number of other senior Information Technology and Operations positions in the global financial services industry at Westpac Banking Corporation, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, and Midland Bank. He was also a founding partner in a successful software start-up company, CATS INC, in Silicon Valley.