Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/18/bt_poaches_top_telewest_exec/
BT poaches top Telewest exec
Disappears into the BT blueyonder
Posted in Business, 18th November 2003 11:21 GMT
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BT has poached one of Telewest's top execs from under the cableco's nose.
Gavin Patterson (36), MD of Telewest's consumer division and responsible for the £950 million a year business, is to join BT as group MD of its consumer and ventures division.
Mind you, he'll have a job on his hands. Somehow, he'll have to try and defend BT's eroding fixed-line business while driving up sales of BT's frill-less ADSL product - BT Broadband.
Patterson replaces Angus Porter, who joined Abbey a few months ago, and takes up his new job early in the new year. He holds two masters degrees in chemical engineering from Cambridge University. ®
