Following the recent appointment of Ronan Dunne as Chief Executive Officer, O2 UK today announced four new board appointments with effect from 1st February 2008.
Stephen Shurrock and Ben Dowd have been appointed as Consumer Sales Director and Business Sales Director respectively taking over from former Sales Director Mark Stansfeld who has moved to a non-executive director role supporting Ronan Dunne in O2 UK. Together Shurrock and Dowd will ensure O2 UK remains competitive and grows in both the business and consumer markets.
Tim Sefton will take over from Cath Keers to become Customer Director. Cath is moving to support Matthew Key as a non-executive director at Telefonica O2 Europe. Sefton will be responsible for ensuring O2 UK has a clearly defined brand, developing and managing the company’s customer strategy and overseeing the communications function.
Ann Pickering, current Head of HR for O2 UK will join the board as HR Director. This role will ensure board level focus for O2 UK’s employee strategy and welfare.
Ronan Dunne, Chief Executive Officer for O2 UK commented: “I am delighted to welcome four new people to the UK board who have all helped build and develop our business to become the UK’s leading mobile phone operator. Recruiting from within recognises their huge contribution to date. Their experience and capabilities will prove invaluable in their new roles.”
Notes to Editors
The board of O2 UK consists of:
About O2
O2 is a leading provider of mobile and broadband services to consumers and businesses in the UK. These services include voice, text, media messaging, games, music and video, as well as always on data connections via GPRS, 3G, ASDL+ and WLAN. Every month, O2’s 17.9 million customers send well over a billion text messages. O2 UK is part of Telefónica O2 Europe which comprises mobile network operators in the UK, Ireland and Slovakia along with integrated fixed / mobile businesses in Germany and the Czech Republic. Telefónica O2 Europe also owns 50% of the Tesco Mobile and Tchibo Mobilfunk joint venture businesses in the UK and Germany respectively as well as having 100% ownership of Be, a leading UK fixed broadband provider
O2 was ranked as 5th best place to work in the Best Companies to Work for 2007 List and has been awarded a two-star accreditation denoting an ’outstanding’ company.
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