Believe In Yourself And Back Yourself

Four years ago, Peter Fuller accepted a mission to lead software business Micro Focus Australia through a major acquisition. Today, the managing director’s passion for people and culture has proven crucial to its ongoing success.

- Anastasia Prikhodko 

Peter Fuller was working at ASG Group when he received an unexpected call from former colleague and current boss Stephen McNulty. The call was an offer: lead Micro Focus Australia through a critical acquisition. Peter was hesitant. However, knowing and trusting Stephen, he agreed to speak with the company’s CEO and board members. He carefully listened to the story of Micro Focus’s growth and the philosophy behind the multinational software business.

That was four years ago, recalls Peter. “The role sounded interesting and the company was all about the people,” he says. “If anybody other than Stephen had phoned to offer the position, I probably would have turned them down on the spot.”

Peter and his family had moved from South Africa to Australia in 1999 and over the 20 years that followed, he worked in a variety of management roles at SAP, SAS, Progress Software and ASG Group. He was at Sun Microsystems during its takeover by Oracle and he says this experience especially prepared him for his current role as Managing Director of Micro Focus Australia.