IBM names Kerry Purcell as Kyndryl A/NZ lead IBM names Kerry Purcell as Kyndryl A/NZ lead News of the local leadership appointment comes as IBM reveals the broader structural plans for the Kyndryl business. Kerry Purcell (IBM/Kyndryl) Credit: IBM IBM’s soon-to-be-spun off managed services business Kyndryl will be led in Australia and New Zealand by Big Blue’s former A/NZ managing director Kerry Purcell. At the beginning of 2018, Purcell became IBM Japan vice president. For the past two-and-a-half years he has been IBM Services global technology services general manager in Japan. News of the local leadership appointment comes as IBM reveals the broader structural plans for the Kyndryl business, along with its leadership appointments in various regions around the world.