William Allan

William Allan was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Thus business in November 1998 and Managing Director in February 1999. Mr Allan has over 25 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry. Between 1971 and 1998 he worked for Cable & Wireless plc, holding a number of senior management positions in business strategy and development in the UK, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. In 1997, Mr Allan was appointed Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless Regional Businesses, with responsibility for a portfolio of business generating 946 million of turnover and 246 million of profit after tax, operating in the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and Indian Ocean. He was a director on the boards of Telecommunications of Jamaica, Entel Panama, the Barbados Telephone Company, and the Barbados External Telecommunications Company. Between 1995 and 1997, Mr Allan was Regional Director for Cable & Wireless North East Asia Region, President and Representative Director of Cable & Wireless Japan, and Chairman of Cable & Wireless Communications Services Limited (Japan). He was also a director on the boards of International Digital Communications (IDC Japan), Sakhalin Telecom, Sakhalin Telecom Mobile, and Nakhodka Telecom.