John Axe, Chief Executive Officer, ECN Group

Panelist - Reverse Logistics Association Conference & Expo

Panel - "Challenges of Creating World Class & Automated Reverse Logistics Processes in Emerging Markets" - Singapore 2009

John’s approach to management and business is very much customer focused, with value and quality as key drivers. John is focused on driving the organisation towards what the customer needs rather than what the latest technology offers.

John’s work experience spans the US, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

After training as a degree-qualified electrical engineer, John’s work history includes: nine years in the British Royal Navy as an aircraft electronics engineer, various software and hardware support engineering roles with several UK companies and seven years at Hewlett Packard in the UK where he held several Senior Management roles prior to moving to New Zealand as the Hardware and Applications Solutions Country Support Manager.

Since leaving HP New Zealand in 1995, John has held positions as the VP of Worldwide Support and Development for Peace Computers, and as CIO for Datamail Group before moving to NZ Post as their Corporate IT Consultant. John joined ECN as General Manager NZ in October 2006, before taking on the role of CEO in January 2007.