Jonathan Brooker

Past

Interim Head of Programmes and Operations at Kull Solutions & Communications (Gulf)
Associate Consultant at Ernst & Young
Senior Business Director (Global Markets) at BT Global Services

Programmes Director at BT Global Services
Operations Director at Complete Broadband
VP, Global Delivery (Group CIO / CTO Office) at Cable & Wireless plc
Europe Managing Director at Continental Group
Operations and Projects Manager at Continental Group
Software Engineer and Projects Lead at Mountfield Group
Software Engineer and Project Leader at Philips Defence Systems

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Jonathan Brooker’s Summary

Jonathan hails from the United Kingdom. A highly successful Programme Director and P&L Business Director with the Global Services division of British Telecommunications (BT), Jonathan then joined as Head of Programmes for Saudi Kull Communications & Solutions (aka KullCom) and Al-Salama Group in the Gulf in 2007.

Prior to BT, Jonathan has worked in a variety of positions with a number of large multinational organisations and SMEs across EMEA, including Cable & Wireless, Philips Electronics, and The Continental Group. His tasks and achievements include:
• Consolidation of global infrastructure focusing on IT operations and applications, delivery, supply chains and procurement, budgetary management at Cable & Wireless
• Bid management and projects delivery of a number of large complex and critical customer contracts for government customers of BT, focusing on IT, telecommunications, outsourcing and solutions
• Creation and execution of corporate and operational strategy in order to maximize opportunities for business growth and diversification, and operational performance, for a variety of technology, telecoms and IT businesses in Middle-East, UK, Europe and USA
• The rapid growth and sales of Continental Group Europe, which focussed on helping client businesses achieve succes through strategic and operational change, and the delivery of critical IT infrastructure and MIS / ERP solutions
• Development and launch of a number of funded start-up businesses

During his career Jonathan has worked across many geographies, including Italy, Benelux, Germany, Spain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, and the UK. In 2008 he settled in Dubai with his wife and 2 children.

His most notable achievements include delivering one of BT's largest government outsource contracts, consolidation of C&W IT operations and platforms, expansion of a highly successful pan-European Datawarehouse and Business Intelligence consultancy.

Jonathan Brooker’s Specialties:

- Delivery of large and complex customer contracts, including ousourcing, managed services, offshoring
- Delivery of internal change and delivery projects, including in-sourcing / in-housing, offshoring, business prcess re-engineering, datawarehousing, datacenter build-out and migration
- Ownership and management of large £multi-million budgets (P&L / capex / opex)
- Client and supplier side outsourcing and offshoring project delivery
- Technology and IT architecture and delivery

Jonathan Brooker’s Experience

Interim Head of Programmes and Operations

Kull Solutions & Communications (Gulf)

(Telecommunications industry)

July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)

Based from Dubai (UAE) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
Associate Consultant

Ernst & Young

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Senior Business Director (Global Markets)

BT Global Services

(Public Company; BTA; Telecommunications industry)

March 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Programmes Director

BT Global Services

(Public Company; BTA; Telecommunications industry)

November 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 5 months)
Operations Director

Complete Broadband

(Telecommunications industry)

January 2003 — November 2003 (11 months)
VP, Global Delivery (Group CIO / CTO Office)

Cable & Wireless plc

(Public Company; CW.L; Telecommunications industry)

August 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 5 months)
Europe Managing Director

Continental Group

(Management Consulting industry)

March 1995 — August 1999 (4 years 6 months)
Operations and Projects Manager

Continental Group

(Management Consulting industry)

March 1992 — March 1995 (3 years 1 month)
Software Engineer and Projects Lead

Mountfield Group

(Computer Software industry)

September 1990 — March 1992 (1 year 7 months)
Software Engineer and Project Leader

Philips Defence Systems

(Defense & Space industry)

July 1988 — September 1990 (2 years 3 months)

Additional Information

Jonathan Brooker’s Interests:

Cycling, motorcycling, ice-skating / hockey, movie production - post-production. Reviving my language skills in Arabic and Italian. Travel - travelling and working extensively across Europe and the Middle-East, especially Italy. A love of ancient architecture and events that moulded our modern world. Currently reading: * The Bourne Sanction by Eric van Lustbader * Millenium by Tom Holland * Harold The King by Helen Hollick

Jonathan Brooker’s Groups:

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
CMA - Communications Management Association
ECUK - The Engineering Council UK
IEEE - Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers
IET - The Institute of Engineering and Technology (Fellow Member)
IoD - Institute of Directors
TEN - Telecommunications Executive Network (UK & Germany)