Exhibit 99.1

                                  NEWS RELEASE
                        GEAC APPOINTS DONNA DE WINTER CFO
                             EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 4TH

               MARK MARINO JOINS AS DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE FINANCE

MARKHAM, ON, October 15, 2003 - Geac (TSX: GAC), a global enterprise software
company for Business Performance Management, today announced that its Board of
Directors has appointed Donna de Winter, previously Vice President and corporate
controller of Geac, as chief financial officer effective November 4, 2003. She
will report directly to president and CEO, Charles Jones. This appointment comes
as part of a planned transition. As previously disclosed in the Proxy Circular
for the Annual Meeting, Arthur Gitajn's contract expires in April of 2004. Mr.
Gitajn will maintain his day-to-day responsibilities until Ms. de Winter assumes
her new role in November, and he will be available as a consultant to the
Company as needed up to April to ensure a smooth transition.

Ms. de Winter will be responsible for continued cost alignment, strategic
financial initiatives and ongoing financial compliance. Geac's corporate
financial team, regional CFOs and controllers will all report directly to Ms. de
Winter.

"Arthur and I have taken an active role in finding a successor for the CFO
position and are delighted with today's appointment," said Mr. Jones. "When
Donna joined Geac last summer, she brought strong public company and software
segment expertise to her role and quickly understood our business and financial
model. Not only was she instrumental in closing our first quarter, but with
several years of experience working with US GAAP and US dollar reporting, she
was also an essential resource as we began reporting our results in US dollars."

Joining Ms. de Winter's team, as director of corporate finance, effective
immediately, is Mark Marino, who will take on her previous responsibilities as
controller. Mr. Marino will be responsible for executing process improvements,
maintaining cost controls and managing the accounting department. Mr. Marino
comes to Geac from Platform Computing, where he implemented financial software
to consolidate nine worldwide companies with multiple currencies, managed sales
forecast and revenue reporting, and established a new reporting process for
business development relationships for OEMs and VARs. Prior to his experience
with Platform, Mr. Marino was corporate controller for Ironside Technologies
and, before that, for International Business Schools. Mr. Marino began his
career with Grant Thornton, where he spent nine years in the assurance and
business advisory group and left as manager in that group. Mr. Marino, who
resides in Markham, is a Canadian chartered accountant. He will be based in the
Markham office.

With more than 15 years of experience in high technology finance and accounting,
Ms. de Winter joined Geac as vice president and controller at the beginning of
August. Prior to joining Geac, she served in Toronto as vice president, finance
and administration at Platform Computing Corporation, the largest independent
developer of software for grid computing. At Platform, she

managed domestic and international accounting and finance and established a
number of key corporate policies relating to governance, treasury processes,
strategy and budgeting. Previously, Ms. de Winter was vice president, finance at
Digital Processing Systems Inc. (DPS), a public company that manufactures
hardware and software for the creation, manipulation and distribution of
broadcast-quality video used by major television networks and cable companies.
She was instrumental in the sale of DPS to Leitch Technology Corporation
(NASDAQ:LVID, TSX:LTV).

Ms. de Winter has prior financing and accounting experience involving initial
public offerings, special warrants, rights and debt, in addition to the full
range of standard financial functions. She has an MBA from the University of
Toronto and a Certified Management Accountant designation from the Society of
Management Accountants. Ms. de Winter lives in Richmond Hill and will continue
to be based in the Company's Markham office.

Mr. Gitajn moved into the position of Corporate Controller for Geac in May 2001
following his role as VP Finance for the Company's North American vertical
businesses, and was promoted to CFO in November 2001. "Arthur has seen Geac
through a financially challenging time, and we are grateful for his
contributions as we worked to restructure our business for profitability,"
commented Mr. Jones. "We wish him well as he pursues other business
opportunities." About Geac

Geac (TSX: GAC) is a global enterprise software company for Business Performance
Management, providing customers worldwide with the core financial and
operational solutions and services to improve their business performance in real
time. Further information is available at http://www.geac.com or through e-mail
at info@geac.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current
expectations. Important factors that could cause a material difference between
these forward-looking statements and actual events include those set forth under
the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" in Geac's Management Discussion and
Analysis for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003 contained in its Report of
Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 2, 2003, copies of which are available through the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and in Geac's Management Discussion and
Analysis for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003 filed with the Canadian
Securities Administrators on June 25, 2003 and available through the website
maintained by the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at www.sedar.com.
Geac is a registered trademark of Geac Computer Corporation Limited. All other
marks are trademarks of their respective owners.

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