AVOIDING THE ‘F’ WORD
IT GIANT Fujitsu is so embarrassed – more than justifiably – by its own name that it appears to be venturing into cutting edge business areas in disguise.
The day after the first episode of Mr Bates vs the Post Office aired early last year, a new company called Henkaku Ltd was incorporated with two directors, Ben Shillito and Rob Putland. They happened to be, respectively, Fujitsu’s “head of digital legal services” and “head of global legal and commercial”. The senior Fujitsu legal executives are joined at Henkaku by Fujitsu’s “head of data & innovation”, Alice Collins.