Alfred Kane joined Baker Capital as a CEO in Residence in July, 2002. Prior to this, he was the Group CEO of Eircom Plc, the Irish National Telecommunications Operator (1994-2002) and during that period led the transformation and subsequent public listing of that company. Previously, Mr. Kane was the Operations Director of British Telecom's World Wide Networks Division (1988-1994) and CEO of British Telecom Northern Ireland (1984-1988). He has over 25 years of operational experience at CEO or Director level in all areas of the Telecoms, Mobile and Cable TV industries. Mr. Kane serves on the boards of Action Engine; Adaptix, Inc.; Custom One Design; Digi TV and Interxion, N.V. He is a graduate of Queens University Belfast and holds a postgraduate Diploma in business studies.