IT luminary appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Praxa Limited

Mr John Clough has been appointed non-executive Chairman of the Board of leading Australian IT outsourcing and professional services company, Praxa Limited.
Praxa was acquired in February 2003 by chinadotcom corporation, a leading integrated enterprise solutions company in Asia.

A 25-year industry veteran, Mr Clough has been a special advisor to General Atlantic Partners since December 2000. Before joining General Atlantic Partners, John was co-founder and Managing Director of the CSSL Group, one of the largest mid-range software distributors and hardware resellers in Asia, for 16 years. CSSL was formed in 1983 in Hong Kong and had offices in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand with over 380 staff, and had IBM as a co-shareholder.

Previously he was General Manger of JBA in Asia, an Australia-based worldwide mid-range software distributor; he held directorships at Synon Asia Ltd and Kapiti Asia Ltd; was chairman of Cargonet/Arena Ltd; and gained international experience as an ERP and Finance consultant in the UK and Europe.

Raymond Ch’ien, Executive Chairman of chinadotcom corporation, said, “We are delighted and honored that John has joined the chinadotcom group as Chairman of Praxa. We believe John’s proven entrepreneurial leadership, coupled with his wealth of industry knowledge and in-depth understanding of Asia, will provide invaluable guidance to Praxa’s management team as they reach for new heights of success.”