Konica Minolta Business Solutions has appointed Mike Faiers as its new Chief Technology Officer. Mike will play a crucial role in strengthening Konica Minolta’s leading position in digital workplace technology, which includes areas such as data, analytics, and cloud-based services.

Reflecting upon his new position, Mike (pictured) comments, "I am proud to be joining Konica Minolta at this exciting juncture. We have the right technology, professional expertise, and service support to meet the exacting needs of organisations at every stage of their digital transformation." He adds, "My career has focussed on transforming the way customers interact with their suppliers, sharpening the customer experience and evolving the perception of both the company and product value, which are the perfect criteria to support Konica Minolta’s continued growth in the market."

With a career blending 20 years’ worth of technical, digital, marketing, and commercial experience, Mike brings an impressive track record of success to the role, which will be crucial in Konica Minolta’s evolution. Having repeatedly been placed inside Top 50 UK IT leaders lists, Mike has extensive experience in building and leading high performing teams, to deliver digital and technical transformation at every level of an organisation.

Konica Minolta’s UK CEO, Rob Ferris, comments: "With experience of working on major technology-based transformation projects for high profile global brands, Mike brings invaluable experience and expertise to further support this significant next step in bringing digital workplace technologies to our UK customers and partners. We continue to accelerate our business transformation in the UK based upon Konica Minolta’s globally aligned portfolio of digital workplace technologies and services, which includes IT managed services, data analytics and process automation capabilities. Mike’s arrival to the UK executive team marks another significant milestone on this exciting journey."

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