NTL Inc has appointed former Orange CFO Simon Duffy as the cableco's new COO. Mr Duffy - who takes up his new position on April 1 - will be responsible for running the company's day-to-day operations and will be charged with ensuring the outfit heads towards "profitable growth".

He'll report directly to CEO Barclay Knapp.

Prior to Orange, Mr Duffy was CEO of Denmark-based wireless data company END2END. Before that he was the CEO of World Online before the ISP's sale to Tiscali. ®