Ana Sever appointed new chief business officer of 2degrees

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2degrees has appointed Ana Sever to the new position of chief business officer. 

Ms Sever has a history of success in senior leadership and sales management roles within national and international IT companies including Datacom, Jade and Oracle Corporation. She has successfully established and led high performing teams to deliver great business outcomes for corporate and public sector organisations. 

At Datacom, she established and led their first industry-specific local government business unit. At Oracle Ms Sever led and successfully grew the services business in key government and corporate sectors, including financial services and telecommunications. More recently, as director of sales ANZ at Jade, Ms Sever led the transtasman sales team and its sales strategy to deliver significant revenue and market share growth.

2degrees’ chief executive Stewart Sherriff is delighted with the appointment.

“We’re serious about serving the business and public sector community and this role will accelerate the innovation for Kiwi businesses that we are known for. Ana spearheads a renewed focus and determination that will help us achieve our growth plans in business,” says Mr Sherriff.

Ms Sever is excited by the opportunity to bring a new dynamic to a company that known for creating innovative solutions and doing things differently.

“2degrees is an amazing company built in New Zealand for the New Zealand marketplace. Unburdened by old thinking and old systems it is nimble, fast and flexible with people are passionate and customer inspired,” she says.

Ms Sever holds a bachelor of commerce (honours) and arts from the University of Auckland and is a graduate of the Global Women Breakthrough Leaders Programme.