Our leadership team

Fritz Hoderlein

CEO of NTT DATA EMEAL

Fritz Hoderlein was appointed the CEO of NTT DATA EMEAL(Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America) which was established in September 2021. The new company combines the activities of everis (with a presence mainly in Europe, and Latin America) and NTT DATA EMEA (which operates principally in the UK, Italy, Germany, and Romania) under the same management. Fritz initially joined the company in 1999 and began leading business consulting and technology projects in the Banking, Utilities, and Industry sectors. In 2007 he became Global Managing Partner of the Industry sector. In 2010 he became the Managing Partner of the Barcelona office and in 2014 Managing Director for everis in Spain. From January 2015 to September 2021, he has served as regional CEO of everis in Europe.

Tsunehisa Okuno

Co-Chairman

Tsunehisa Okuno joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in 1983. Since then he was engaged in network service promotion and corporate planning including global strategy of NTT Group. In 2007 he was named General Manager of Global Business Strategy Office, Strategic Business Development Division of NTT. He was elected to Senior Vice President and Head of Global Business Office and Member of the Board of NTT in 2012. In 2018, he was appointed as Executive Vice President of NTT, and elected to Executive Director, Executive Vice President of NTT, Inc. In 2020, he has was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of NTT, Inc. And since June 2020, he has been appointed as his current position of Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director and Chief Operating Officer of NTT DATA, Inc. He executed acquisitions of Dimension Data Holdings plc. in 2011. He is also acting as the Chairman of the Board of NTT Ltd., and Member of the Board of NTT Research Inc.

Eduardo Serra

Chairman

Eduardo Serra has a Law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1974 he was first in the promotion to the State Lawyers Corps, Spain's body of todp civil servants. He was Secretary of State for Defense (1984-1987) and Minister of Defense (1996-2000). In the private sector, he has held positions as President of Telettra Spain, Peugeot-Talbot Spain and UBS. In addition, he was the founder of Airtel. He is currently president of the Fundación Transforma España.

Pedro Luis Uriarte

Vice-Chairman and Independent Director

He has been recognized with the award for Best European Banker from 1990 to 2000 by the British magazine Retail Banker International and Best Manager of the Year by the Spanish Confederation of Managers and Executives (CEDE). He is currently executive president of the strategic consulting company Economía, Empresa y Estrategia and a member of the Governing Council of the University of Deusto.

Chieri Kimura

Senior Vice President of NTT DATA and CEO EMEAL

Chieri Kimura was appointed as the CEO of NTT DATA EMEAL (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America) in January 2023, and has served as Senior Vice President and CFO of NTT DATA, Inc. since October 2022. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo College of Education and joined NTT DATA in 1990. He previously served as Senior Vice President of NTT DATA with responsibility for North America, EMEA and LATAM. Previously, he was deputy director of global marketing for the company.

Rob Rasmussen

Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

Robb Rasmussen is head of Global Marketing for NTT DATA Corporation. Robb and his team, in collaboration with the marketing organizations of the NTT DATA Regional Operating Companies, continue to execute on the ONE NTT DATA Strategy by driving consistent alignment in global account governance, digital strategy execution, analyst relations and marketing. Prior to this role, Robb was the chief operating officer of NTT DATA Services. He was responsible for driving delivery and operational efficiency and quality across the enterprise. Before, Robb served as president of Enterprise Services for NTT DATA Services, with responsibility for overall client satisfaction for North American-based clients in various industries. He joined NTT DATA from the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he held a variety of strategic positions including executive responsibility for HP’s nearshore and farshore delivery operations across more than 25 countries. Before joining HP, he held several key executive leadership positions at EDS.

Kei Anzai

Vice President of NTT DATA Corporation

Kei Anzai has a degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo. Since 2017, he has been the CEO of everis and the senior manager of NTT DATA. He has held different roles in finance and accounting, both at NTT and NTT Urban Development and in investor relations at NTT. Anzai has been working in global business development at NTT DATA since 2012.

Patrizio Mapelli

Representative Director of NTT DATA Group

Patrizio Mapelli is a graduate in physics from the University of Milan and has an executive programme at the Kellogg School of Management. His professional career has been linked to companies such as A.T. Kearney, Ernst & Young and Olivetti. Between 2013 and 2018 he served as President and CEO of NTT DATA EMEA. He currently serves as an independent director of NTT DATA Corporation Group (Japan). 

Miyuki Ide

NTT DATA EMEAL DIRECTOR, COO EMEAL

Miyuki Ide is a graduate in Economics and Management of the College of Agriculture, Tokyo University and MBA from the Sloan School of Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). She joined NTT DATA in 2000 and currently holds the position of global Head of Business Support and Advisory at NTT DATA EMEAL. She is also member of the Board of Directors.

Pilar Zulueta

Independent Director

With a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Pilar Zulueta has more than 25 years of international experience in media, entertainment, retail and consumer products. Currently, she is a member of the Advisory Council of the MásMóvil Group, an independent director of Dorna Sports and a member of the Advisory Council of IE University.

Alejandro Ferreiro

Independent Director

Alejandro Ferreiro graduated in Law from the University of Chile and has Master in Art from the University of Notre Dame. In relation to his professional career, he has held various positions of responsibility in the public sector, including Minister of the Economy of Chile. He has been a professor at several universities in Chile and serves as a counselor in a various companies. In addition, he is a senior researcher at CIEPLAN.

Mónica de Oriol Icaza

Independent Director

With a degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Mónica de Oriol e Icaza has completed several postgraduate courses in Business Management at Harvard Business School and at the Instituto de Empresa and ESADE. She is an entrepreneur, founder and president of Net4Things, a software company in the IoT fieild, as well as president of the Fundación Vizcaína Aguirre.

Antonio Gómez Jarillo

Secretary of the NTT DATA EMEAL Executive Board and its Committees

He graduated in Law and obtained a master's degree in Corporate Law from the Instituto de Empresa. Gómez Jarillo has experience in advising on corporate transactions and operations, as well as compliance issues. His professional career includes companies such as Accenture and Coopers & Lybrand, where he was part of the Tax & Legal unit.

Jose Pablo Carbonell

CEO Europa COO NTTDATA Europa y Latinoamérica

He has a dual degree in Law and Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, ICADE E3 and an MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics. In 2005 he joined everis, where he became director of everis in Catalonia and the Community of Valencia, and head of Banking for the Europe region. He was appointed CEO of everis Europe in 2018.

Félix Bonmatí

NTT DATA EMEAL DIRECTOR, COO EMEAL

Félix Bonmatí is a graduate in Economics of the Universidad Autónoma, Madrid and MBA from the IE (Instituto de Empresa). After 15 years of previous experience in the IT Sector, he joined NTT DATA (at that time, DMR Consulting and afterwards, everis) in 1997. Since then, he has led different executive areas such as Telco sector and other corporate responsibilities, such as COO of everis group. At present, he holds the position of Global Head of Telco sector at NTT DATA EMEAL, being also responsible for the Brand, Communication & ESG area of NTT DATA EMEAL. Félix is also Vicepresident of NTT DATA Foundation. Europe & LATAM.

Frederic Sabbah

Managing Director

Fred Sabbah possède un Master en Informatique de gestion de l’université de Lyon (France) et plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans le conseil et les TI. Après une carrière en France, il rejoint l’Espagne en 1998 où il occupe plusieurs postes de responsabilités dans des projets en Europe, USA et au Maroc. En 2015, il rejoint everis et contribue au lancement de everis Maroc.(falta foto)

Walter Ruffinoni

CEO Europa ex clusters EMEA