Chris Clark
CEO, BT Ireland
British Telecom board appointed Chris Clark as its CEO of BT Ireland in July of 2007. He joined British Telecom (BT) in 1991 holding various positions in the company over the years, both within the UK and overseas. Prior to his new role, Chris was BT’s director for business transformation in the retail sector where he succeeded to make radical business transformation for the last two years.
Credentials
As the previous CEO of Converged Mobility Operations of BT, Chris led the commercial and operational success across BT’s mobile communications where he became part of the Wireless Broadband Association working to put the WBA into a leading global WiFi alliance.
Between 1999 and 2004, Chris was President of the BT Global Service’s Wholesale Business, where he oversaw 350 people across 16 countries and stood responsible in delivering well over 1.5 billion revenues for BT. This business unit was formed with the merging of BT’s Concert, its international joint venture with AT&T, and its previous European joint venture company. Prior to this, Chris was the CEO for BT’s European company Farland BV.
He had been based in the US for some time where his stint in various key business development positions made him advisor to President and CEO of British Telecom Worldwide. This certainly helped pave the way for his current capacity today as CEO of BT Ireland.
A Daunting Task Ahead
Chris Clark has been CEO in a number of BT companies and this latest appointment brings him to familiar territory as CEO of BT’s Ireland operations. He continues to work with other BT CEOs dividing the world of over 30,000 professionals with expertise in the telecommunications industry. Off these 3,000 ICT experts, Chris overseas about 500 who understand the growing business needs focused either on Ireland or overseas.
