Oliver Fortuin currently serves as General Manager, IBM Sub-Saharan Africa Growth Market Region, a role he assumed in July 2009. In this role, he is responsible for managing 48 African countries - split into four regions: Southern Africa, East Africa, West Africa and SADC/IOI (Southern Africa Development Community / Indian Ocean Islands).
Prior to rejoining IBM in July 2009, Fortuin was the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard South Africa and General Manager, Technology Solutions Group (TSG). In this role he drove the enterprise hardware, software and services business, and lead the regional management team.
Prior to that, Fortuin was Hewlett-Packard South Africa’s Director for HP Services.
Fortuin has more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, 15 of which were spent with IBM. Prior to joining HP in 2006, he held various executive positions in the IBM Corporation, including General Manager of the IBM PC Business for Africa. He joined Lenovo South Africa as a member of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) management team when Lenovo acquired IBM’s PC business in 2005.
He is a formal mentor for aspiring executives in the community.
Fortuin holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Open University, UK.