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IT Service provider Interactive has appointed Alex Coates as chief executive officer, effective from 28 January 2025.
Coates is currently the managing director of Datacom Australia, a role she has held for over four years. She has also held several different positions with Datacom since 2012.
For the past three years, Brendan Fleiter held the dual position of chairman and CEO and will remain chairman when Coates takes her new role.
“We have ambitious plans for growth and now is the right time to bring in a new CEO to lead Interactive’s strategic direction,” said Fleiter
According to Fleiter, Coates brings a mix of industry presence, people leadership, customer focus and cultural alignment.
At Interactive, she will join the company’s executive leadership team and drive its growth strategy across its cloud, cyber and systems business units.
“The DNA of Interactive is core to my strong personal purpose of creating impact for Australian organisations. It is exciting to lead an organisation so well positioned to be able to quickly adjust and deliver on our customers’ evolving needs,” she said.
“As an organisation with a deep purpose centred around people and customers, I am thrilled to lead Interactive in the next stage of its growth.”
Originally from the UK, Coates came to Australia with Fujitsu in 2008, running large scale operations teams in Canberra and Melbourne in both the public and private sectors.