Asia Global Crossing names new CEO
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Asia Global Crossing,
which is building a high-speed, high-capacity fiber optic network
throughout Asia, on Tuesday said it named Dell Computer Corp.
(NasdaqNM:DELL - news) executive John Legere as chief executive
officer.
He succeeds Jack Scanlon who will continue as vice chairman of Global Crossing Ltd.
(NasdaqNM:GBLX - news) and as a director on the boards of Global Crossing and Asia Global Crossing.
Legere is leaving Dell where he served as a senior vice president, and was president for Dell's operations
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Legere previously served as president, Asia-Pacific, for Dell.
He also served for 18 years with AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T - news) as chief executive officer of AT&T
Asia/Pacific and head of AT&T Global Strategy and Business Development.
Asia Global Crossing is a joint venture of Global Crossing, Japanese Internet investor Softbank Corp. ,
and Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news).
As the top executive at Asia Global Crossing, Legere will oversee the building of undersea cable and
land networks in Asia and the introduction of web-hosting and other data and Internet services and
products.
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