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THE CORNER OFFICE                                                                                                                                                       THE CORNER OFFICE


                                                                                   A year of Ozone!



                                                                                   Dear DDites
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ongratulations to Team India for
                                                                                    t gives me great pleasure to present to you Ozone IV, rounding off one year of Ozone –
                                                                                  Ithe voice of our people, by our people, for our people. All the editions so far have                                                        C                                                              completing HY18 on a high note.
                                                                                   truly been characterised by a strong cross-functional flavour and employee recognition,
                                                                                   news, views and analysis on a plethora of topics, thereby enhancing its mass appeal and                                                                   This is now the 7th straight
                                                                                   relevance. I must compliment the OPF team for ensuring high-quality content and bringing                                                                      financial year that we have
                                                                                   this together in a timely manner consistently.
                                                                                                                                                                                  April  2018  also  saw  us  launch  Elevate                       exceeded our PBIT goals
                                                                                   Congratulations to you Team India for completing HY18 on a high note. This is now the 7        2018, a platform that brought together 93
                                                                                                                                                                th
                                                                                   straight financial year (albeit a short one due to the alignment with NTT’s financial year)    CXOs along with several industry analysts and                         and brought glory to the
                                                                                   that we have exceeded our PBIT goals and brought glory to the country thru our flawless        guest speakers in a unique format over a 2-day
                                                                                   execution on almost all critical financial parameters of the business. Indeed, as some of      program  in  Pune.  The  event  was  a  phenomenal                        country through our
                                                                                   my colleagues in the DDAP Executive Leadership Team put it, India’s P&L performance is         success,  drawing  in  participants  in  an  interactive                     flawless execution
                                                                                   like a Swiss watch, delivering with absolutely clinical precision month after month, quarter   format  that  was  very  well  received  and  that  created
                                                                                   after quarter, year after year. I’m very proud to be a part of this winning team and the high-  waves on social media, especially on Twitter where we                           on almost all
                                                                                   performance culture we represent. As always, there are things to work on to make our           ranked #2 pan India for over 4 hours. My compliments to
                                                                                   overall business much more robust, top of them being an accelerated focus on services, on      the marketing team for designing and executing a stupendous                          critical financial
                                                                                   platforms and on managing the cash flows better to be able to support our fast-growing         event.
                                                                                   business. I take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your contribution and request                                                                                           parameters of
                                                                                   your continued support for our strategy and its execution.                                     As we start FY18, I wish you all continued success in your journey with                     the business
                                                                                                                                                                                  DD and wish you the very best to achieve your and your team’s goals for
                                                                                   I had the opportunity to attend the Global Strategy Conference in Johannesburg between 23      the year.
        Kiran Bhagwanani                                                           – 25 April 2018 and hear firsthand the Dimension Data Group strategy for FY20. No surprises,   Smiles
                                                                                   the strategy continues to revolve around the key pivots of driving platforms and services-
        Chief Executive Officer,                                                   led growth, gaining market share in our core business while driving transformation in our      Kiran.
        South Asia, Japan & New Zealand, Dimension Data                            business model, delivering on profit goals every quarter, a much tighter GTM alignment
                                                                                   with other NTT operating companies and of course, re-skilling and managing our enormous
                                                                                   talent pool effectively to make this journey exciting and rewarding for our people. In the
                                                                                   days ahead, we will plan out strategy sessions as part of the Connect initiative this quarter
                                                                                   to make sure the strategy is well understood and well executed by all our people.




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