He will look at the resulting dangers and opportunities for Australian organizations and the need to re-skill the workforce to ensure the right type of work flows into the local economy.

Boreham was appointed CEO at IBM in January last year replacing Philip Bullock, who was in the position for five years before being promoted and taking up a new position in China.

Boreham, first joined IBM in 1986 and was in charge of the Telstra account.

He began his career in sales and spent a number of years working for IBM in London.

During this time, Boreham was appointed vice president for IBM's sales and technical support in Europe.