Alcatel Lucent hires Lord Carter for top marcomms job
Posted on Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Stephen Carter, the former Chief Executive of Brunswick and most recently the Communications Minister, is to join Alcatel-Lucent in the newly created position of Chief Marketing, Strategy & Communication Officer.
"A vital next step for our company is to transform our marketing and bring the Alcatel-Lucent strategy to life for our customers and for the market," commented Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. "I am delighted to welcome Stephen to the Executive Team, and know he will bring the leadership needed in these key areas."
"Alcatel-Lucent is a company on the move, in a sector experiencing rapid change with leadership committed to meeting that change head on,” said Stephen. "I am delighted to be joining Ben Verwaayen’s team and the Alcatel-Lucent company".
Most recently, Stephen served as the Minister in the UK Government for the Communications, Technology & Broadcasting Sector, where he was the author of the Digital Britain Report, and the follow on Digital Economy Bill. On this appointment he was awarded a peerage after a period in 2008 as Chief of Strategy and Principal Advisor to the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP.
He joined the No 10 Downing Street team from Brunswick where he was Chief Executive from March 2007 to January 2008. Other senior roles include: the founding Chief Executive of Ofcom, Managing Director of NTL UK & Ireland, and Managing Director & Chief Executive of J. Walter Thompson UK Limited.
Stephen will be based in the company’s headquarters in Paris, and will take up the position in April 2010.
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