BT Appoints Colm O'Neill to Lead Sales Division

- Former Ireland EMC country manager joins BT

Belfast: BT today announces the appointment of Colm O'Neill as Managing Director of the company's Business division. Prior to this, Colm worked for nine years in EMC, holding a number of senior management positions across the UK and Ireland, most recently as Country Manager for EMC Ireland between 2006 and 2009.

Between 1992 and 1998, Colm held several roles in Fujitsu Services, including Account Director and Head of Outsourcing. Colm joined Fujitsu Services from Price Waterhouse where he spent three years as a consultant.

Chris Clark, CEO, BT in Ireland, welcomed the appointment, 'Colm has a strong track record of sales execution as well as driving growth in new and established businesses. The appointment of Colm provides us with the opportunity to build our organisation with even greater effectiveness around the needs of our customers. BT Business understands the challenges that businesses face in the current climate and supports their need to control costs, improve productivity and ultimately win business.'

Colm O'Neill, Managing Director, BT Business said, 'My top priority is to move BT even closer to our customers. We have proven technology and capability that can save organisations money in these difficult economic times and a proud track record of service here in Northern Ireland. It is a great honour to lead this organisation during this exciting time and to help contribute to the transformation of Northern Ireland's Public Services.

'BT is continuing to make significant investment in Northern Ireland which is essential since ICT is and will continue to be central to the competitiveness of this economy and will help underpin economic recovery.'

O'Neill graduated with an Honours degree in Computer Science and Maths and holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from UCD as well as a Diploma in Professional Selling from DIT.