Cable & Wireless sacks it’s Jamaica CEO, again!

Kingston,Jamaica– Cable and Wireless International yesterday announced that Australian Phillip Green has replaced the media friendly and customer responsive Rodney Davis as CEO of the telecoms giant’s Jamaica operations with immediate effect.

The late afternoon announcement sent to media houses left no doubt that Davis was sacked, but Green, when asked about Davis’ departure, said the change was made to strengthen the firm’s management and profile.

“The Caribbean, from a Cable & Wireless International’s perspective, is very important,” Green told the Observer in an exclusive interview yesterday afternoon at the company’s head office in Kingston. “It is a major part of its portfolio and Jamaica’s business is a big element of that. This move to have me come in as the CEO was made to strengthen the management and profile of Cable and Wireless Jamaica.”

“I must say here that Rodney has done a fantastic job over the last couple of years in lifting the profile and image of C&WJ,” Green said.

Over the last three years, C&WJ has lost 23 managers. In seven years it has had four CEOs, namely Errald Miller, Gary Barrow, Jacqueline Holding and Davis.

N.B. For the first quarter ended June 30, 2007, C&WJ reported an after-tax loss of J$28 million on revenues of J$6 billion. Operating profits fell by 69 per cent to J$256 million while administrative and marketing expenses jumped by 42 per cent.

source:jamaicaobserver