Getronics looks to former BT and Colt manager for COO

3565746760001_5488856853001_5488858743001-vsGetronics has named former president of BT’s global customer services Rogier Bronsgeest as its chief operating officer.

Bronsgeest worked at BT for more than six years, leaving in December 2015 to join Colt as chief customer experience officer. He will begin his new role immediately, with Getronics claiming the new hire is “the right man to help the ‘new’ Getronics fulfil its goals and ambitions”.

He said that he would continue down the path chosen in recent years and build on the new Getronics vision, go-to-markets and value propositions,

“I am looking forward to improving our user experience and helping Getronics establish itself as the preferred partner for businesses in transformation”, he said.

Bronsgeest worked more than five years at the IT services firm between 2004 and 2009 as executive vice president of global service delivery and global programme management.

Bronsgeest replaces Thomas Fetten, who left Getronics in December 2017 before joining cybersecurity specialist SecureLink as CEO in March.

There has been much motion at Getronics in the last year. CEO Mark Cook stepped down last August to be replaced by the majority shareholder of its new investor – Bottega InvestCo – Nana Baffour.