New chief for CWW hosting business

Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 13:35

Cable&Wireless Worldwide has a new chief in charge of its global hosting services business in the wake of its announcement of a multi-million dollar investment in new data centre facilities to expand hosting capacity by 25 percent.

Gavin Darby, Cable&Wireless Worldwide chief executive, announced the appointment of Michelle Senecal de Fonseca as its new global managing director for hosting services. Ms Senecal de Fonseca previously worked with US West, Sprint International, Global One, Worldport and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Darby said data hosting and applications support is one of the company's key focus areas and Senecal de Fonseca would 'drive growth in the scale and contribution from this business unit in the near term.'

Commenting on her appointment, Ms Senecal de Fonseca said, "with an enviable list of highly engaged clients, extensive telecoms and hosting capabilities coupled with the full support of the board, evidenced by the recent investments in hosting capacity, this a great time to be joining the company.'

Darby said Ms Senecal de Fonseca had been recognised by Global Telecoms Business magazine as one of the industry's most influential leaders.