David Hope

Current

Vice President & Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific at Lawson Software

Past

Vice President, Intentia Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (now Lawson Software) at Intentia
APAC Director, Software Alliances at IBM Asia Pacific
Regional Marketing Director, Asia Pacific at Saft Power Systems

Trading Manager, Minerals and Metals Division at ITOCHU Corporation

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Education

University of Technology, Sydney
Ivanhoe Grammar

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

David Hope’s Summary

As of December 2008 Vice President & Regional Managing Director for Lawson Software Asia Pacific & Japan having earlier been responsible for Lawson's business in Asia since April 2006. Prior to Lawson held the position of Regional Vice President for Intentia's Asia operations since 2001 joining Intentia from IBM where I was the Asia Pacific Director of Software alliances based in Singapore. Prior to Lawson, Intentia & IBM I worked with a subsidiary of Alcatel in Asia as a regional marketing director and before joining Alcatel I worked for 6.5 years with the Japanese trading house ITOCHU based in Sydney & Tokyo. I have lived and worked in Asia for over 26 years.

David Hope’s Specialties:

Asia Pacific, sales, marketing, business development, new market entry, manufacturing & distribution focus. Specialised focus and experience in building businesses in the Asia pacific region. Experience includes working in the software industry, IT, Manufacturing and minerals and metals commodities trading industries.

David Hope’s Experience

Vice President & Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific

Lawson Software

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LWSN; Computer Software industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

In April 2006, Lawson Software and Intentia merged to form the new Lawson which is now the third largest publically listed ERP software company globally. Lawson delivers software and implementation services to 4,000 customer sites in manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries across 40 countries. In Asia Pacific Lawson has offices in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, a JV in Thailand and business partners covering the rest of the markets across the Asia Pacific region.

Lawson's Financials, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Intelligence, Asset Management and industry-specific solutions help customers streamline processes and enhance their business performance. Lawson's aim is to radically simplify the process of deploying and using its applications and help customers reduce costs while increasing their flexibility.
Vice President, Intentia Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (now Lawson Software)

Intentia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2001 — April 2006 (4 years 7 months)

Intentia was a specialised software company in the ERP & supply chain market focused on providing solutions to mid sized companies who specialise in manufacturing and distribution across a range of specialised industry market segments. Prior to Intentia's merger with Lawson the company was one of Europe's largest software companies. In my role with Intentia I managed the regional AP business through a mix of both direct and channel partners across the AP region.
APAC Director, Software Alliances

IBM Asia Pacific

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1997 — October 2001 (4 years 10 months)

In this role I managed a regional alliance team that was responsible for driving IBM revenue content (software, hardware and services) across IBM's top 30 regional ISV relationships.
Regional Marketing Director, Asia Pacific

Saft Power Systems

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

July 1994 — December 1996 (2 years 6 months)

A subsidiary of Alcatel I was based in the Singapore regional HQ and was responsible for regional APAC marketing for Saft primarily targeting Oil&Gas, Utilities and Telecommunications market segments.
Trading Manager, Minerals and Metals Division

ITOCHU Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Import and Export industry)

January 1988 — June 1994 (6 years 6 months)

Itochu of Japan is one of the world's largest general trading houses. During my time with Itochu I was trading mineral commodities such as coal, iron ore and magnetite from Australia to China & Japan and steel products such as electrical steel, tube and pipe and mill rolls used for steel production from Japan to the Australian market. I started with Itochu in Sydney and worked in the Itochu Tokyo office for almost two years under the management trainee program.

David Hope’s Education

University of Technology, Sydney

Bachelor of Business , 1985 — 1987
Ivanhoe Grammar

Additional Information

David Hope’s Groups:

YPO, AMCHAM, Austcham

The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
China Business
IBM co/ex workers independent group
Sales, Marketing, Technical and Senior Executive Club - Asia Pacific
Apparel Executives Forum
ERP Community
SINGAPORE Global
Lawson Professionals
Parabellum: The War Studies Group
Lawson Alumni Network
Intentia Movex/Lawson M3 Network
Software Professionals Group
APAC Sales Leadership Forum
World War II History Buffs
Lawson Users Association (LUA) ANZ
Asia Pacific Apparel Network