John Beard

John leads Computacenter’s business across the UK & Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and is accountable for all customer relationships and engagements in the region.

He joined Computacenter’s inaugural graduate scheme in 1995. He quickly became one of the youngest recipients of the company’s award for exceptional sales achievement. By 2006, he was Computacenter’s top national Account Manager, and just two years later, he was the top national Client Director. John has headed up a variety of Computacenter’s vertical sectors managing a number of the UK&I’s largest customers, and ran the Services Sales function, leading Specialist Sales teams across the UK&I. Prior to his current role he was Group Chief Commercial Officer.