By the time he was 37 this exec was running IBM in Australia

Nick Flood was the youngest executive to be appointed managing director in the local firm’s 92-year history.

Nick Flood goes to his local cafe every morning to be part of the community. Oscar Colman

Sally Patten and Lap Phan

Mar 25, 2025 – 5.00am

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Nick Flood was the youngest person to be appointed IBM’s managing director of Australia and New Zealand in the local subsidiary’s 92-year history.

He was just 37.

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.