Barry O’Brien is new Digicel CEO
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Barry O’Brien is the new Digicel Jamaica CEO, replacing Andy Thorburn who has been promoted.
Thorburn, who took the top job at Digicel Jamaica last August, has been appointed CEO for the Caribbean and Central America.
O’Brien led Digicel Barbados for the last four years, with oversight responsibility for Digicel Dominica, and assumes his new post with two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry.
“After four years leading Digicel Barbados, I am delighted to be joining Digicel Jamaica and looking forward to working with the team to build on the great achievements of the last 12 years,” O’Brien said. “As always, our focus will be on ensuring that our customers can achieve extraordinary things with Digicel and that we do all that we can to give back to our communities.”
Digicel Group has 13 million customers in 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific.