Our Team

Leadership Team

Andre Ribbens

Chief Executive Officer

Andre’s 23-year career with the Firstrand Banking Group included being Deputy Group Treasurer, CEO International Banking, Head of Commodities & Forex Trading, and Co-Chair of the RMB Corporate Banking Board. He joined Getronics in 2020 as Group Transformation Officer and in late 2023 his role was expanded to include the responsibilities of Chief Operations Officer. In February 2024 he became Chief Executive Officer of Getronics Group and was appointed to the Getronics Group BV Board.

Andre Ribbens

Mike Field

Chief Financial Officer

Mike’s experience blends financial services, investment, risk and technology. Mike has spent the last 25 years of his career at RMBCIB, the leading Corporate and Investment Bank in Africa. Headquartered in Johannesburg it has operations in sub-Saharan Africa, India, Australia and London. Mike is a highly strategically-minded CFO, whose skill is in assisting businesses to realise and sustain their true performance potential.  He joined Getronics in 2020 as Chief Financial Officer.

Harsha Gowda

Chief Technology Officer
A Senior executive with over 20 years’ experience at designing and delivering large-scale business and technology transformation programmes. Prior to joining Getronics, Harsha worked for leading global organisations like Verizon, British Telecom, and Colt Technologies. During his career, he has worked in the US, the UK, the Far East and India.
Harsha Gouda
Elisabete Mleczak

Elisabete Mleczak

Chief Commercial Officer and LATAM Managing Director

Elisabete joined Getronics in 2019 to lead our Latin America region, after previously working for multinational companies such as EDS, HP, and BT. Since 2024 Elisabete leads Getronics’ global commercial efforts by providing strong leadership, delivering results, and giving a firm commitment to innovation and business excellence.

She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, Elisabete plays a pivotal role in shaping the success of Getronics with her expertise and dedication.

Regional Managers

Gerald Eid

Gerald Eid

Managing Director, Germany

Gerald Eid started in his role as Managing Director for Germany at Getronics in 2014 and is now the DACH Regional Managing Director.

In 1988 he began his professional career at Daimler then moved to Debis Systemhaus in 1996 where he held various senior management and executive roles in Sales, Service Management and Operations. Before he moved to Getronics he was director of the T-Systems IDS GmbH. 

Yolanda de Prado

Managing Director, Iberia

Yolanda joined Getronics in 2006 building on her previous IT experience. Since then Yolanda has been part of a number of acquisitions and led subsequent integrations and transformation. Yolanda has had several roles within Iberia’s management team, and most recently as Global Director of Applications.

Yolanda is passionate about ensuring customer satisfaction and keeping our teams motivated and engaged. She has a degree in Maths and is based in Bilbao.

Yolanda de Prado
Alexis Garin

Alexis Garin

Managing Director, Western Central Europe

Alexis has 20 years’ of sales and management experience in Technology Services across France, Benelux and Southern Europe. Alexis began his career with IBM, and subsequently worked with startups before working for Colt, most recently as Regional Director for Benelux.

He is a graduate of Lyon Institute of Technology and Marseille Business School and HEC Paris MBA qualified.

Mukul Jain

Managing Director, APAC

Mukul started his career as an entrepreneur and then had a stint at KPN before joining Getronics in 2010. With a strong focus on change and innovation as well as proven success in creating growth through viable commercial strategies, instituting operational controls and maximising business efficiency.

Mukul Jain

Nikolai Lakovic

Managing Director, United Kingdom

Nikolai started his career in IT services immediately after graduating from university. Over 25 years he has progressed to senior leadership roles, working for companies such as Fujitsu, Getronics, BT Global, ING, and WPP while leading service teams for some of the world’s largest companies. International experience in Hong Kong and Amsterdam underpins his open-minded approach enabling people to do more for customers. With a genuine entrepreneurial spirit, Nikolai has made a career of creating and leading successful teams. Driving positive change, growth, and increasing profitability.

Edward van Boven

VP Global Field Services, GWA and International Business Managing Director

Edward has been working in IT for over 30 years. Started his career at Alcatel and Olivetti. At Getronics Edward hold several roles within the Dell Alliance team until reaching the Global Alliance Director position where he was able to drive significant growth in Dell’s Global business.

After a management position at KPN Edward joined Getronics International in Jan 2012 as Director International Service Delivery. The last few years he has been responsible for Getronics’ Global Field Services organization, our GWA and Client Services for International clients.

Edward van Boven

Harry van Streun

Managing Director, Netherlands

Harry brings over 30 years of experience in building and running IT organizations both nationally and internationally. He is focused on sales as this has been his main area of attention all these years. His expertise in managing a Managed Services business is helping drive the Getronics business in the Netherlands.

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