SIB Board Member - Gordan Frazer

Managing Director, Microsoft (UK) Limited

Gordon Frazer is Managing Director at Microsoft Limited in the UK and was appointed to this role in July 2006. Prior to this appointment he spent four years as Managing Director for Microsoft South Africa. He is a member of the Microsoft International Leadership Team and also sits on the industry board of e-Skills UK.

During his long career at Microsoft Gordon has held many key roles. Before becoming Managing Director for South Africa he was responsible for the Enterprise and Partner Group, focusing on Microsoft's largest customers and partners in the country. Prior to this, he was head of the Business Solutions Group, working with Microsoft partners to develop and deliver line of business applications to organizations. Gordon joined Microsoft in November 1995 in a marketing role, where he concentrated on intellectual property and software licensing issues.

Outside Microsoft he has held various positions including Chairman of the Business Software Alliance, President of the Information Technology Association and was also a trustee for the World Wildlife Fund.

Before joining Microsoft, Gordon was Technical Director at a software development company and had previously worked in financial services and the mining industry. Gordon holds a Bachelors degree from Rhodes University.