Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 10, 2000
KEN OLISA is the Founder and Managing Director of Interregnum Plc. Mr
Olisa's career began with IBM, which he joined after graduating from
Cambridge University. At IBM he held various posts in systems
engineering, sales and marketing, before joining Wang Laboratories in
1981. Following a period as Marketing Director for Europe, Vice
President of US Marketing and then Worldwide Marketing, Mr Olisa was
appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wang Europe,
Africa and the Middle East. Here he was responsible for the sales,
marketing, support, service and administration activities within 11 Wang
subsidiaries and 92 distributors. His achievements included the
reversal of the half billion-dollar loss-making European business
through a major restructuring. Ken founded Interregnum in 1992. His
current appointments include Chairman of Metapraxis Ltd, Catalyst
Solutions Ltd, and CallCentric Ltd , and in addition to serving on the
boards of several to the private IT companies, he serves on the Board of
publicly quoted Open Text Corporation of Canada and Link Software in
Brussels. He is also a Freeman of the City of London; Postal Services
Commissioner; a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information
Technologists; Chairman of Thames Reach, a charity working to shelter
and resettle the homeless in London; and a Governor of the Peabody
Trust. Profile
concerning its history, the nature of the business and where you see
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