Kelly Lands at Vodafone

By Mark Evans | Published: September 5, 2008

Peter Kelly who led Nortel’s enterprise division for EMEA, before he and Nortel parted ways last month has been hired by Vodafone UK as its new enterprise director.

“I”m delighted to be joining the organization at such a dynamic time. It’s an exciting place to be and I relish the challenges ahead of me,” Kelly said.

It looks like a sweet gig as it’s the most senior position in Vodafone’s highly lucrative and market leading corporate and SME division. According to Mobile Today, the leading contender for the job was Mark Bond, who had been acting enterprise director for six months.

Kelly will report to UK Chief Executive Nick Read and will lead the expansion of Vodafone’s enterprise business into unified communications

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  • broadbandbill

    “No such thing as a coincidence” – Graham Green, The Human Factor.

    I believe this is a case of poaching. If you recollect Steve Pusey, Nortel’s former head of EMEA left in August 2006 to become Vodafone’s Global CTO. Perhaps he was behind the recruiting of a former associate and subordinate. That is two top ranking execs within two years; shows weakness in NT’s EMEA unit. Are there more to come? Hmmm…–bb

  • zor

    You can add the ex CIO of Nortel that has moved there also!

  • Another Nortel Watcher

    Steve Pusey, Albert Hitchcock, and now Peter Kelly.

    I would pay to be a fly on the wall the first time Choker Hackney has to pitch to Kelly.

  • broadbandbill

    Since no deals have been announced between Nortel and Vodafone after Steve Pusey departure two years ago it is safe to assume that both the parting and the opportunity were/are not good. More hmmm…–bb

  • Nortel watcher

    It is my understanding that Dion Joannou had a lot to do with bringing the Vodafone account to Nortel and thus the reason for Joannou's rise to president – North America.

    Yet, Joannou hasn't been tapped to join V – perhaps the chemistry was never the best between Joannou and Pusey.

  • broadbandbill

    Whatever the reasons I get the sense that value of relationships are neither respected or appreciated resulting in broken partnerships between individuals, partners and customers. These types of strategic mistakes would never happen at Cisco and the reason is simple: John Chambers and his deep appreciation of the sales process (while everyone else only understands the business process). This is both the KEY difference and the reason why Cisco has won while everyone else is scrambling for business.

    In the decade plus I spent in the Telco industry I never once saw Chambers scrambling for business, only giving victory speeches while his counterparts at Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, Siemens and the others basically spent their waking hours trying to business their way out of the mess they unwittingly created. Appreciation and understanding of the sales vs. the business process was/is the difference and it always will be!

    bb

  • Nortel watcher

    It is my understanding that Dion Joannou had a lot to do with bringing the Vodafone account to Nortel and thus the reason for Joannou's rise to president – North America.

    Yet, Joannou hasn't been tapped to join V – perhaps the chemistry was never the best between Joannou and Pusey.

  • broadbandbill

    Whatever the reasons I get the sense that value of relationships are neither respected or appreciated resulting in broken partnerships between individuals, partners and customers. These types of strategic mistakes would never happen at Cisco and the reason is simple: John Chambers and his deep appreciation of the sales process (while everyone else only understands the business process). This is both the KEY difference and the reason why Cisco has won while everyone else is scrambling for business.

    In the decade plus I spent in the Telco industry I never once saw Chambers scrambling for business, only giving victory speeches while his counterparts at Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, Siemens and the others basically spent their waking hours trying to business their way out of the mess they unwittingly created. Appreciation and understanding of the sales vs. the business process was/is the difference and it always will be!

    bb

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