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DIGICEL ST. LUCIA WELCOMES NEW COUNTRY MANAGER, HOLLY HUGHES-MCNAMARA

Friday 25^th May 2012 – Castries, St. Lucia: Digicel, the best value operator in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific, today announced that Holly Hughes-McNamara will assume the role of Country Manager of Digicel St. Lucia.

A St. Vincent native, Holly joined Digicel in 2009 in the role of Chief Financial Officer for Digicel’s Eastern Caribbean markets of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, BVI, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Prior to joining Digicel, Holly served as Chief Executive Officer (Ag.) and Chief Financial Officer with the Karib Cable Group before training in Audit and Assurance services with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Pannell Kerr Forster in St. Vincent. Holly holds a first class honours degree in Accounting and Financial Analysis from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. She then qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant through the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) where she is also a fellow.

Holly takes over from Geraldine Pitt who after ten years with Digicel has decided to move on to pursue other interests. 

Speaking about the new role, Holly said; “I am very excited about my new role as Country Manager here in St. Lucia. As a Caribbean native, I am thrilled to be leading a fantastic team of people in a company which is constantly adapting to deliver on our customers’ needs and our promise of best value, best service and best network – it is very rewarding. Just look at Digicel’s track record – I am honored to be a part of the Digicel journey.”

ENDS

ABOUT DIGICEL

After eleven years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has over 11 million customers across its 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information.