Pacific CEO's

David Butler-Chief Executive Officer, Digicel Fiji Limited 

 

David Butler was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Fiji in August 2010. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive Officer for Digicel Vanuatu and before that he headed Digicel Tonga.  David joined Digicel in 2005, prior to that he worked with Esat Telecom in Ireland.David spent almost 3 years working in Barbados and Aruba islands in Digicel Caribbean. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in Business Studies. David hails from Dublin, Ireland.

 


John Mangos- Chief Executive Officer, Digicel PNG Limited

John is responsible for operations of Digicel Papua New Guinea. John joined Digicel in 2005 as General Manager of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) business covering the islands of St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada. In July 2007, John was promoted to CEO of the East Caribbean which expanded his responsibilities to include British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica. Prior to working with Digicel, John held senior positions with Eircom, the telecommunications fixed line operator, in Ireland and a successful start-up wholesale and retail IP company in Australia.

 

Christian Pepe Fruen- Chief Executive Officer, Digicel Samoa Limited

Christian Fruean has a wealth of telecommunications  industry experience joining Digicel Samoa in 2006 as Commercial Manager from the Government owned incumbent SamoaTel and subsequently took over as CEO of Digicel Samoa to oversee the launch of its services in 2006. Digicel Pacific launched its first GSM network in Samoa in 2006 and the company now operates in six markets in the region, with French Polynesia set to become its seventh live market.

Christian has been at the helm from start-up to its current position as market leader and has set the standards for network coverage, service and value has brought affordable and accessible mobile communications to both urban and rural communities. Christian holds a Bachelor Degree in Management from Waikato University New Zealand, a Masters of Commerce from the Australian National University (ANU) and is a Certified Public Accountant.