AT&T appointed Kathleen R. Flaherty Chief Marketing Officer of the unit that serves business customers in the U.S. and globally. Flaherty will head a new organization that consolidates all AT&T business marketing functions -- product, price, promotion and placement -- into a single group focused on delivering higher-value services, applications and solutions to AT&T's domestic and multinational business. Flaherty most recently served as the president and chief operating officer of Winstar International. She will report to AT&T President William Hannigan. http://www.att.com
- In December, William J. Hannigan was named as President of AT&T. Hannigan was most recently Chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings. Previously, Hannigan held senior executive positions at SBC Communications, including president of SBC Global Markets and president of Southwestern Bell's $4.5 billion Business Communications Services unit. Prior to joining Pacific Bell in 1996, Hannigan spent nearly 12 years at Sprint and its predecessor companies.
