Two new executives have been announced by Telecom New Zealand:
Group Chief Transformation Officer – Frank Mount – ex Cable & Wireless, is taking over from Telecom executive Simon Moutter who has taken a position as CEO of Auckland International Airport. Mr Mount began his career with 20 years in AT&T. He has held senior positions with several Telcos across Europe, Britain and the US. Most recently he was with Cable & Wireless as Director Group Operations, Group Chief Technology Officer, and CTO Cable & Wireless International. His experience in driving transformational change, and an exhaustive knowledge of the full spectrum of telecommunications and IP technologies will be well utilized during Telecoms current period of transformation.
Chief Executive Officer Retail – Alan Gourdie who is returning from London where he was managing director of Asia Pacific Breweries British and European operations. Prior to that he was as global marketing manager Heineken, based in Amsterdam.
Telecom chief executive Paul Reynolds hopes the two new appointments will bring energy, innovation and clear focus in delivering a new generation of world-class services to customers.