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After 43 years, Telstra loses COO Rocca
Renai LeMay
Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:45
The telco noted Rocca's departure in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange this morning, also noting it had nabbed former St George chief executive Paul Fegan to lead a new strategy unit, and that its public policy and communications chief David Quilty had resigned.
In a statement, Telstra chief executive David Thodey thanked Rocca for his time at the telco. The executive has only held his current role since November 2009, taking it up in the wake of the departure of former Telstra COO Greg Winn, but Rocca has been with Telstra for more than four decades, weathering the telco's many internal changes in that time.
Rocca will remain at Telstra for a period to assist wth the reconstruction process at the telco following the floods in Queensland and Victoria.
His replacement, Brendon Riley, is currently IBM's general manager of its Northeast Europe division, but was also previously the chief executive of IBM Global Services Australia '” a former joint venture between Telstra, IBM and Lend Lease.
Thodey himself also has substantial experience at IBM, helming Big Blue's Australian operations for some years before migrating to a senior role at Telstra.
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