Mobile phone operator Digicel has named Marcelo Cataldo as its new group chief executive, effective from May 1.
Originally from Paraguay, Mr Cataldo has worked across Latin America, the US and Europe.
He joins Digicel from Tigo Colombia where he has served as CEO and President since August 2016.
The new CEO takes over from Maarten Boute who has served as interim group CEO since the completion of the restructuring in January and who will return to his role as Group COO.
He will be based in Kingston in Jamaica.
"As a customer obsessive, I've admired how the Digicel team consistently finds new and innovative ways to forge connections with customers and to ingrain that behaviour across the organisation. I’m excited to be a part of that," the new group CEO said today.
Digicel has about 10 million consumer and business customers in 25 markets in the Caribbean and Central America.
The company was founded by Denis O’Brien in 2001 and he remains one of of the company's biggest single shareholders and an actively involved director of the business.
