RE: Sunday Times Business28 May 2024 07:12
“He took up a string of leadership roles in software companies such as Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle, and then in 2008 he was hired by Ben Verwaayen, a former chief executive of BT who at this point managed the European operations of French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent. “He is basically the repair guy,” said Verwaayen. “Give him a problem, the hairier the better, and he will sort it out because he has two elements to him; he is methodical on one hand, and he is a people person on the other.”