Digicel Beefs Up Ranks for Central American Assault

Caribbean mobile operator Digicel has announced three internal promotions to focus the company’s efforts on expanding in Central America and deepening market share in the Caribbean. Donal O’Shaughnessy, a former director in infrastructure, has been named COO for Central America and will lead Digicel’s push into the region and oversee the integration of new acquisitions. Digicel has an operation in El Salvador, a license in Guatemala and is actively pursuing new targets. Kevin White, formerly CEO for Digicel Eastern Caribbean and Trinidad & Tobago, is now chief operations officer for the all of the Caribbean. Niall Dorrian, formerly the COO of Digicel Jamaica, has been appointed CEO of the Trinidad & Tobago. In March, Digicel had 4.7 million customers across 22 markets in the Caribbean, Bermuda and Central America, with investments exceeding $1.5 billion.