Tata Communications announced the appointment of Laurie Bowen as President of Sales & Strategy for Global Data & Mobility responsible for all sales and marketing globally excluding wholesale voice.

Commenting on Laurie’s appointment, Vinod Kumar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Tata Communications says, “The enterprise business is of strategic importance to us as we expand our traditional wholesale voice and IP business into enterprise offerings. Laurie brings with her a world-class track record in leadership and business growth which will assist in driving our fast growing business forward.”

Laurie has earlier worked for British Telecommunications (BT) as MD of Commercial & Brands for BT Global Services. She has also worked for IBM as MD.

“I am very pleased to have joined such an innovative and dynamic company and look forward to working with the global team to take the carrier and enterprise business to the next level. It has never been a more exciting time for the Telco space and we have a wealth of opportunity ahead of us” says Laurie Bowen, President of Sales & Strategy for Global Data and Enterprise Solution.

She has an MBA and BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, USA. She will be based out of Tata Communications’ London office.