Melbourne, Australia, 2 April 2026, 12PM AEDT: NEC Australia expands cloud, data and AI capability with the acquisition of Exco Partners based in Melbourne.

The acquisition brings together Exco Partners’ proven technology innovation, customer centricity and delivery expertise with NEC’s global technology leadership, operational reliability and scale, strengthening its ability to deliver complex digital solutions across government and regulated industries.

Exco Partners will operate as a dedicated business unit within NEC Australia, enhancing NEC’s capability across cloud, data and AI while complementing its established strengths in IT Managed Services, Unified Communications, Biometrics, Digital Government and mission-critical digital solutions.
 

Keith Morrison, CEO, NEC Australia & New Zealand, said:

“Our customers are navigating increasingly complex digital and AI-driven transformation, often in highly regulated and mission-critical environments.

Exco Partners has demonstrated an ability to deliver meaningful outcomes in these settings, combining technical depth with a strong customer-first culture. Bringing that together with NEC’s own capabilities and scale supercharges our ability to support customers as they modernise, innovate and scale securely with high-value digital and AI-enabled services.

Exco Partners is a strong addition to our business and reflects our continued investment in the ANZ region as we evolve NEC’s high-value digital solutions portfolio.”
 

Exco Partners delivers digital transformation services across four core practice areas: Design, Data, Engineering and Delivery, supported by strong Microsoft partnership credentials and a proven track record delivering complex government case management solutions.

The acquisition aligns with NEC’s global focus on AI-driven innovation, enhancing its ability to support customers as they adopt and scale AI capabilities within secure and regulated environments.
 

Ayala Domani, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, NEC Australia, said:

“Exco Partners adds critical capability in cloud, data engineering and AI at a time when customers are accelerating adoption of AI-enabled solutions.

Exco Partners strengthens NEC’s position in complex government case management, bringing human-centred and secure, scalable solutions, including customer portals and apps that support modern, integrated case workflows.

This capability enhances our Digital Solutions portfolio and positions us to support government and regulated organisations as they modernise critical services and serve their communities, placing people at the centre of every interaction.

Together, we are strengthening our ability to deliver secure digital solutions that enable long-term transformation for our customers.”
 

Craig Roberton, CEO, Exco Partners, said:

“This partnership marks a significant milestone in Exco Partners’ journey. From day one, our ambition has been to build a design-led digital services firm that delivers clever digital transformation for our clients and real career velocity for our team. Being part of the NEC group gives us serious size, scale and complementary capability, enabling us to deliver bigger, broader and more complex transformation programs. We’re excited to combine NEC’s global reach and technology depth with our design-led cloud engineering, data and AI expertise to deliver at a different scale.”
 

For more information, visit nec.com.au and excopartners.com