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Simon Gillespie

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Country Leader at Kyndryl
📍 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Simon Gillespie is Kyndryls Country Leader for New Zealand, specializing in complex business turnarounds and IT transformations. A former CEO of NTT NZ and GM at Spark Digital, he is a turnaround specialist who once reversed a decade of corporate revenue decline. Simon is also a Certified Board Member.

Simon has a demonstrated interest in the intersection of technology and high-performance sport. He previously led a partnership to create a "sports smart city, " utilizing IoT and data analytics to measure and enhance athlete performance, showing a passion for data-driven innovation outside traditional corporate environments.

He has set and exceeded more than NZ$1 billion in collective revenue and sales targets throughout his career.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Country Leader
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Business Turnaround
His career is defined by leading turnarounds for large organizations, having been headhunted for roles to reverse business decline and drive new growth strategies.
AI-driven Transformation
He frequently posts about leveraging AI for IT operations and business innovation, highlighting Kyndryl's Agentic AI framework as a key enabler for customers.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Country Leader
Kyndryl
7-2025 - 9-2025
Career Break
7-2023 - 7-2025
New Zealand Sales Manager
Fujitsu
5-2019 - 5-2023
Chief Executive Officer - NZ
NTT
7-2014 - 5-2019
General Manager, Corporate Customers (Spark Digital)
Spark New Zealand
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