DC08-282 August 12, 2008
BT appoints Royston Hoggarth to head Global Services in the UK
BT today announced the appointment of Royston Hoggarth to head its Global Services businesses in the UK, in charge of serving the networked IT services needs of UK corporations and government organisations. CEO of BT Global Services UK, Royston Hoggarth will join the BT Global Services leadership team, reporting to CEO François Barrault.
In 2003 and 2004, Royston Hoggarth was chief executive officer of Cable & Wireless UK, Europe and U.S. From 2001 through 2003, he was chief executive officer of Logica's International business overseeing the Middle East, India, South East Asia, Australia and Americas regions for two years after serving as supervisory managing director for Logica Mobile Networks. Prior to his tenure at Logica PLC, he held various roles at IBM.
Royston Hoggarth is currently managing director of Strategic Capital Associates (SCA) Limited, a corporate finance advisory business, working with leading software and technology companies. He is also chairman of iPSL, a Joint Venture between Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and Unisys which manages their cheque processing operations. He is also a non executive director on several public and private Boards.
François Barrault, CEO BT Global Services, said: “Many large UK corporations and government sector organisations rely on BT to operate their mission critical IT and network services. We are absolutely committed to further improving the quality of those services, while constantly innovating in partnership with those customers.
“Royston Hoggarth will lead our UK business, comprising the current Global Services UK and UK Corporates teams. Royston’s combination of expertise, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit will prove a great asset as we continue to drive our performance in the UK market.”
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Notes to editors
• Global Services has more than 3,000 customers across Britain and Northern Ireland.
• It’s ranked by Gartner as the largest player in the UK’s growing IT services market and by Kable as the largest ICT supplier to UK government.
• Together, UK customers contributed around half of BT Global Services’ global revenues in 2007/8 – around £4.5 billion out of almost £8 billion earned worldwide.
• Around 80 per cent of BT Global Services’ major contracts in the UK are for five or more years.
• Organisations like KPMG, Unilever, NHS, Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) are among its customers
• More than 90 per cent of the UK’s financial institutions use secure data networks supplied by BT Global Services.
• More than 1,000 commercial and public sector organisations use BT Global Services’ CRM services to interact with customers in Britain and other countries.
