Appointment of CEO
Intec Telecom Systems PLC
04 December 2007
Intec Telecom Systems PLC
Appointment of CEO
4th December 2007
Intec Telecom Systems PLC (ITL.L / ITL LN), a leading supplier of billing and
operations support systems to the global telecoms industry, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Andrew Taylor to its Board as Chief Executive
Officer. Andrew Taylor will join Intec on 3 January 2008 when John Hughes,
current Chairman and Interim CEO, will return to his previous position as
Non-Executive Chairman.
Andrew Taylor, age 38, is currently Chief Operating Officer of the UK and
Ireland region and a Corporate Executive at Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). He was
appointed to this role after the merger of Alcatel-Lucent in November 2006:
since that time he has been responsible for Alcatel-Lucent's activities and
operations across the region, including delivering annual revenues in excess of
$1 billion, providing leadership and having full responsibility for direct and
indirect sales, operations, quality and business improvement as well as
executive responsibility for the company's major UK and Ireland service provider
customers.
Prior to the merger of Lucent and Alcatel, Andrew Taylor was Lucent
Technologies' Managing Director for the UK, Ireland and the Nordics region. He
joined Lucent in 2004 with responsibility to deliver significant improvements in
revenue, margin and operational business and customer performance. Over a two
and a half year period he achieved a dramatic turnaround, almost tripling
Lucent's revenues in the region and winning significant new customer contracts,
including a major breakthrough with BT's 21st Century Network. In addition, he
delivered consistent margin improvements and radically improved Lucent's market
share and overall market presence from both a product and services perspective.
Previously in his career, Andrew Taylor spent eight years working at BT, gaining
significant telecoms experience within a range of sales, service and business
management roles. From 1996 to 2000 he grew to become Sales and Service Business
Manager for BT UK, and by November 2001 he was VP of Business Markets for Viag
Intekom (O2 Germany) and serving as a main board member. From 2001 to 2003 he
was General Manager for BT Mobility, with responsibility for Sales, Channel
Management and Marketing, and from 2003 to 2004 he was General Manager for BT's
Business, Enterprise (SME) Segment.
Andrew Taylor has been a non-executive director and Remuneration Committee
Chairman of Scottish Water Business Stream Limited since November 2006 and is
currently a director and Board member of Allium Financial Services. Andrew
Taylor has an MA from Dundee University and a Business Masters (Marketing) from
Strathclyde University Business School.
There are no other matters that need to be reported under paragraph 9.16.13(2)
to 9.16.13(6) of the listing rules.
John Hughes, Chairman and interim CEO, of Intec, said:
"A thorough search has been undertaken for an appropriate candidate to fulfil
the CEO role. Andrew has extensive knowledge of the telecoms market and proven
experience and know-how. His strong track record of delivering top-line growth
and organisational improvement will be instrumental in helping to drive the
future success of Intec. I am delighted to welcome him to the Board."
For further information, please contact:
Intec Telecom Systems PLC www.intecbilling.com
John Hughes, Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)1483 745 800
Robin Taylor, Group Finance Director
College Hill
Sara Musgrave / Ben Way +44 (0)20 7457 2020
NOTES TO EDITORS
Intec supplies billing software solutions to over 60 of the world's top 100
telecoms carriers and is one of the world's leading BSS/OSS (business and
operations support systems) vendors. Intec's customers include AT&T, Cable &
Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom, France
Telecom, Hutchison 3G, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telstra, Vodafone, Virgin
Mobile, Vivo and Verizon.
Intec has a comprehensive and expanding range of solutions and services ranging
from market leading mediation and convergent billing products through to
innovative IMS Charging solutions. Intec works closely with its customers, many
of whom have been with Intec since its inception, to provide the highest
standards of performance, flexibility and robustness to help carriers service
their customers effectively and profitably.
Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has
over 1,700 staff and 30 offices in 24 countries. For more information visit
www.intecbilling.com
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