Senior Management

Barry O’Brien took up the post of CEO of Digicel Jamaica on May 8, 2013. As CEO of Digicel Jamaica, his focus is on continuing to deliver best value and service to customers. In addition, Barry will spearhead the further development and delivery of Digicel’s business solutions capabilities and fixed line opportunities on the back of the potential opening up of that market to competition. As part of his portfolio, Barry will oversee operations in the Cayman Islands.

Barry joins Digicel Jamaica having been at the helm of Digicel Barbados for the last four years. In this time, he has driven the success of the team, taking Digicel Barbados from a pure mobile provider to a full service business solutions provider proudly serving some of the largest companies in Barbados and in the Caribbean. He also had oversight responsibility for Digicel Dominica and for business solutions across the Eastern Caribbean South as well as being CEO of Digicel across the OECS for a period.

A telecoms industry veteran with 20 years of experience, prior to joining Digicel, Barry worked all over the world with leading companies like Motorola, HP, Vodafone and Ericsson.

Barry graduated from University College Cork in Ireland with a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management from the National College of Ireland.

Krishna joined Digicel Group in 2004 as the IP Manager with responsibility for IP Network and Design for the Group. In 2007, he was promoted to Group Director of Technology Operations for the Caribbean and Central America where he was responsible for managing network designs, rollout, operations, performance and recoveries as well as Capex planning to meet the company’s targets. 

Krishna recently transitioned to his home operations - Digicel Jamaica - as the Chief Technology Officer, where he is responsible for managing both Network Services and Information Technology.

With over 18 years of experience in telecommunications, Krishna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Studies with Management from the University of Technology Jamaica and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans.  His qualifications also includes, over 5 years’ experience in Information Security, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) as well as Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) certifications. He has advised on Information Security to the Jamaica Computer Society in the past and have also contributed to Information Security Seminars and workshops across Jamaica.

Krishna was recently married and enjoys water sports, pool, badminton, photography, dominoes, and cooking.

On April 1, 2013, Patrick joined Digicel Jamaica’s Senior Management Team as Distribution Director with responsibility to deliver all retail and recharge goals for Digicel.

In August 2005, Patrick King joined Digicel in the role of Head of Sales reporting to the Commercial Director. His responsibilities included control of the Dealer Channel, Retail Sales and the Recharge Channel.

Prior to joining Digicel, Patrick was at Facey Commodity where he was a part of the team that was responsible for the launch of Digicel’s electronic recharge system in the Cayman Islands.  He has 24 years’ experience in the retail and telecommunications industries in the areas of sales, marketing and general management, including brand harmonization and distribution management.  

Patrick’s expertise has been honed over the years at Digicel, where he has led a team of more than 40 telecom professionals with overall responsibility for a Dealer Channel of 149 stores & 42 dealers; distribution of more than 500,000 handsets and 600,000 SIM cards per annum and providing handset repair services according to international best practices.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Sciences and a Masters in Business, majoring in Marketing - both from the University of the West Indies. He is also an avid sports enthusiast who is married with two children.

Conor Looney, who joined Digicel in February 2012 as Head of Marketing, leads the Jamaican Marketing team in delivering world class Marketing Communications, Sponsorships, Events and Public Relations.

Conor brings to Digicel over 15 years of senior Sales and Marketing experience in both the Irish and UK markets, gained from his roles at Mars and Coca-Cola.

Conor holds a Commerce Degree from University College Dublin and is based in Kingston with his wife and 3 children.