DALLAS,
May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BT
today announced that Bas Burger is
to become CEO, Global Services from 1 June. Bas Burger has been at BT for nine years in a
variety of roles, most recently President of BT in the Americas,
where he leads BT's business in the
United States, Canada and
Latin America. He brings to the
role more than 18 years of experience in the ICT sector and has led
and helped to transform global organizations.
Burger will take over from Luis
Alvarez who has decided to leave BT after nearly five years
as CEO, Global Services and 18 years with the company. Under
Alvarez's leadership, Global Services has transformed
significantly, consolidating its position as a global leader,
providing network, IT and security services to multinational
customers. Over these past five years, Global Services has
developed a strong set of products, with its Cloud of Clouds
portfolio strategy recognised in the market place by customers and
industry analysts alike. In addition to delivering cost
transformation in Global Services, Alvarez has also delivered
strong improvements in customer service and continued to build the
company's multinational customer base, serving many of the world's
best known companies.
Following a strategic review of Global Services, there will be a
two-year restructuring of its operations to create a simpler and
leaner operating model. Technology trends create the opportunity to
evolve Global Services as a digital business, driving innovation on
the cloud-based platforms that deliver Global Services' solutions,
with its global network at the core. Having successfully steered
Global Services towards its next evolution as a digital business,
Alvarez feels the time is right for someone else to lead the
division.
Bas Burger said: "Global Services
has developed world-leading products and services. This, combined
with our strong relationships with our customers, puts us in a
strong position to enable the digital transformation of their
businesses. I look forward to continuing to build this position,
deliver on our strategy and drive growth in Global Services'
strategic portfolio of networking, cloud-based Unified
Collaboration, hybrid cloud services and security."
Gavin Patterson, chief executive
BT Group said: "I would like to thank Luis for the contributions he
made to the company since he joined 18 years ago. He has helped to
transform the Global Services business during this time, delivering
very high levels of support for our customers, while evolving our
products and services to seize upon technology changes and new
opportunities that lay ahead.
"Technology trends mean we can now be less dependent on owning
physical local network assets around the world, giving us the
opportunity to transform Global Services into a more focussed
digital business that can deliver using cloud-based services. This
is exactly what Bas will set out to achieve in his new role leading
the business, and I am confident that he will drive Global Services
forward."
Dutch native, Bas Burger (age 46)
will lead the Global Services team and ensure that the very high
levels of support received by its customers continue to improve.
Before joining BT in 2008, Burger was executive president and part
of the management committee of Getronics NV. There he ran global
sales, channels and partnerships and supported and developed their
international business. He was also CEO and Managing Director of
KPN Entercom Solutions, NV. Burger holds a Master of Business
Administration (MBA) from the University of Bradford, UK.
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