Founding CEO, Brian Herlihy, is returning to the helm of Seacom
Founding CEO, Brian Herlihy, is returning to the helm of Seacom
Seacom CEO, Brian Herlihy is returning to the helm of the company that he founded following the departure of Mark Simpson.
“Seacom announced that Simpson has decided to leave the company to pursue personal interests,” Seacom announced in a short media statement on 6 February 2014.
“Mark has led the business from a successful project finance initiative into a dynamic broadband subsea cable operator,” the statement says.
Herlihy stepped down as CEO in 2011, following Simpson’s appointment.
Simpson has more than 25 years of experience in telecoms and has held a number of senior positions during his career. Before joining Seacom, he was president and CEO of Pacific Crossing, a company operating a trans-Pacific cable system between the US and Japan.
He was also Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Asian Netcom (later renamed Pacnet) and CEO of C2C Pte, Asia’s then-longest cable system.