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Ted Lattimore joined Carmanah as Chief Executive Officer in October 2007. Mr. Lattimore brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in the mobile telecommunications industry beginning with his involvement in the launch of the industry in Canada in 1985 to most recently as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Vodafone Romania (formerly Connex - MobiFon part of Montreal-based TIW) a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc. the world's largest international mobile telecommunications group. His achievements with Connex - MobiFon / Vodafone include growing the company’s customer base from 700 000 to 5.5 million subscribers in six years.
At Connex - MobiFon in the developing Eastern European country of Romania Mr. Lattimore implemented a complete reorganization and financial focus of the company that resulted in uninterrupted customer and financial growth for the parent company Canada's TIW while concurrently improving employee and customer satisfaction. The company generated $286 million in shareholder dividends to year end 2004 sold a $225 million high-yield bond the first ever in Romania and managed a $300 million loan restructuring the biggest private placement in Romanian history. The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development named it one of its top 10 investments of all time. Business Central Europe a publication of The Economist named it "Best Company in Romania" for three years in a row. Connex - MobiFon’s sale to Vodafone in 2005 the larger part of a US$4.5 billion transaction was the largest corporate sale in Romania.
A native of Ontario Canada Mr. Lattimore earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and completed executive finance training at the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Lattimore brings with him a history of delivering exceptional operational and organizational performance and company profitability in a rapidly growing global technology industry. | 