Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 4, 2000
DANIEL E. SOMERS is President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T
Broadband. He is also a member of AT&T's Operations Group, the company's
senior-most leadership council. Previously, he was Senior Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer for AT&T and was responsible for
the company's financial strategy. Mr. Somers worked closely with the
AT&T Board of Directors on all financial matters and served as
management's liaison with the Board's finance and audit committees.
Prior to joining AT&T in May 1997, Mr. Somers was chairman and CEO of
Bell Cablemedia, Plc, of London for two years, which is one of the
largest cable communications companies in the UK. He led the creation of
a new entity, Cable & Wireless Communications, the UK's leading provider
of integrated telecommunications, information and entertainment
services, having merged the interests of Videotron, NYNEX Cablecomms,
Mercury and Bell Cablemedia. For three years, from 1992 to 1995, Mr.
Somers was Executive Vice President and CFO for Bell Canada
International, Inc. Before joining Bell Canada, Mr. Somers held a number
of senior executive, financial and operating-management positions,
including four years as President of Radio Atlantic Holdings Ltd., a
communications company in Nova Scotia. He spent a total of 11 years at
Imasco Ltd., a Canadian consumer products company in Montreal, and its
Hardee's restaurant subsidiary in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, including
four as CFO of Imasco and five as CFO of Hardees. Mr. Somers also has
eight years experience as a Wall Street Investment Banker and Financial
Analyst. Mr. Somers holds a BS degree in Finance from Stonehill College
in North Easton, Massachusetts. Mr. Somers is a member of the board of
directors of Lubrizol Corporation in Wickliffe, Ohio; Excite@Home in
Redwood City, California; Cablevision Systems Corp. in Bethpage, New
York; and CableLabs in Louisville, Colorado. Profile
Mr. Somers: AT&T Broadband is the largest cable broadband operator in
the United States. We pass 28 million homes
