By CIO East Africa
After serving as Seacom's Chief Commercial Officer from 2012, Byron Clatterbuck has now taken over the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the continent's wholesale connectivity provider.
He replaces Brian Herlihy (Seacom's founder and executive director) who has been holding the position from March 2014 following the resignation of Mark Simpson.
Clatterbuck is an industry veteran with more than 18 years experience in the global telecoms industry having held a number of senior international executive positions during his career, focusing mostly on rapidly developing markets around the world.