DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp. has announced the appointment of Elton Birden as the new managing director of the U.K., Ireland and Nordics for NCR, according to a news release. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for leading the technology company in the region as it extends its focus beyond the financial services and retail industries into new travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment and gaming and public sectors.
Prior to joining NCR, Birden headed up IBM's Business Process Outsourcing group in the Financial Services Sector across Europe. Previously he spent over 20 years working at Unisys in general management, sales leadership, client management and service delivery roles. This included the position of managing director of a business process outsourcing company in the Netherlands owned by Unisys.
