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| Barry O'Brien (left) and Andy Thorburn |
Tuesday 7th May 2013 - Kingston, Jamaica. Digicel Jamaica CEO, Andy Thorburn, has been promoted to the role of CEO for the Caribbean and Central America reporting to Group CEO, Colm Delves, it was announced today.
It was also announced that Barry O'Brien has been appointed as the new CEO of Digicel Jamaica. Barry will report into Andy and will also have oversight of Digicel Cayman.
Barry joins Digicel Jamaica having been at the helm of Digicel Barbados for the last four years. In this time, he has driven the success of the team taking Digicel Barbados from a pure mobile provider to a full service business solutions provider proudly serving some of the largest companies in Barbados and in the Caribbean. He also had oversight responsibility for Digicel Dominica and for business solutions across the Eastern Caribbean South as well as being CEO of Digicel across the OECS for a period.
A telecoms industry veteran with 20 years of experience, prior to joining Digicel, Barry has worked all over the world with leading companies like Motorola, HP, Vodafone and Ericsson. Barry graduated from University College Cork in Ireland with a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management from the National College of Ireland.
In his new role as CEO of the Caribbean and Central America, Andy will have overall responsibility for Digicel's operations in 25 markets and will continue to be based in Digicel's regional headquarters in downtown Kingston.
Commenting on his expanded role, Andy Thorburn, said; "Since joining Digicel Jamaica, I have experienced and learned so much. While I am very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new challenge and to working with the teams across the markets to continue delivering our commitments to customers, I'm also delighted that I will still be based in Kingston as I feel very much at home here and have met great people and built good relationships. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their amazing support and commitment and of course to welcome Barry to Digicel Jamaica."
Speaking about his new role, incoming CEO for Digicel Jamaica, Barry O'Brien, said; "After four years leading Digicel Barbados, I am delighted to be joining Digicel Jamaica and looking forward to working with the team to build on the great achievements of the last 12 years. As always, our focus will be on ensuring that our customers can achieve extraordinary things with Digicel and that we do all that we can to give back to our communities."
Digicel Group CEO, Colm Delves, commented; "I would like to congratulate both Andy and Barry on their promotions – both of which are the result of delivering great results, staying focused and always putting our customers first. I wish them well in their new roles and would also like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our customers and staff for their ongoing commitment to Digicel."
Contact:
Antonia Graham
Head of Group PR
+1876 564 1708
antonia.graham@digicelgroup.com
About Digicel
After 12 years of operation, Digicel Group Limited is one of the leading global communications providers with over 13 million customers across its 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions.
Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.
Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.
Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information.
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