Diarmid is responsible for driving the transformation agenda for Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s wholesale and carrier services business globally. This includes overall commercial responsibility in markets such as Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and the United States.
He has spent over 24 years in the telecommunications industry with experience across the board throughout all markets, working within both the enterprise and wholesale business globally. In the last 14 years, his focus has been on developing strategies for growth opportunities in emerging markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is very much a widely-regarded industry veteran.
Diarmid has been instrumental in the commercial strategies and successful growth performances of Cable&Wireless Worldwide as well as the previous organisations he's worked for. He has worked for companies including BT, New Zealand Telecom and New Zealand Post and has held regional management roles with Atlas Telecom, ITXC Corp and NexTone.
Prior to joining Cable&Wireless Worldwide in May 2008, Diarmid was Asia CEO for Vanco, a Global Virtual Network Operator providing solutions to global MNCs. Before that, as an early employee of ITXC in 1998, Diarmid was largely responsible for taking ITXC onto the Nasdaq. He grew their Asia/Pacific operations, built and expanded their relationships with major telecommunications service providers, making them one of the world’s largest international VoIP carriers, before they were subsequently acquired by Teleglobe in 2004.
