Datacom Group

Datacom Group Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryIT Services: managed services, consulting, cloud services, data centre services, software development, business process management, payroll services, artificial intelligence
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Founders
  • Dr Bernard Battersby
  • Paul Hargreaves
Headquarters55 Featherston St, Wellington, New Zealand
Key people
  • Greg Davidson - Group CEO
  • Tony Carter - Chairman
RevenueDecreaseNZ$1.47 billion[1] (FY24)
IncreaseNZ$41 million[1] (FY24)
Owners
Evander Management (54.92 per cent)

New Zealand Superannuation Fund (44.08 per cent)

[2]
Number of employees
~ 6000 (2024) [1]
Websitewww.datacom.com

Datacom Group Limited is an Information Technology services company, offering management and consulting, cloud services, ITO, data centre services, custom software development, and payroll services. Datacom is the largest technology company in New Zealand. The company was started in New Zealand in 1965, but has expanded to operate in Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the United States and the United Kingdom, employing over 6,500 people across 26 offices globally.[3]

The company's two biggest shareholders are Evander Management Ltd (the family company of John Holdsworth)[4] with 54.92 per cent and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund with 44.08 per cent. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund spent $142 million in 2012 buying out New Zealand Post's 35 per cent shareholding.[5] John Holdsworth stepped down as chairman of the board in 2012 and was replaced by New Zealand businessman Craig Boyce.[6]

Datacom was founded as Computer Bureau Ltd in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1965. It expanded nationally through the holding company Datacom Group Ltd in 1971, before opening offices in Australia in 1992, and in Asia in 1994. Greg Davidson serves as Group CEO.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Datacom Group announces FY24 financial results". 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Companies Register". Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. 2023.
  3. ^ "datacomgroup.net: Datacom Reports Revenue Growth on New Strategy and Investment". 2018.
  4. ^ "HOLDSWORTH, John, The NBR Rich List". National Business Review. 2015.
  5. ^ "NZ Post sells Datacom stake to Cullen Fund". Stuff.co.nz. 2012.
  6. ^ "Holdsworth hands over Datacom reins". Stuff.co.nz. 2012.
  7. ^ "Datacom Group Leadership Appointments and New Organisational Structure". 2018.