Colt Hires BT Vet Housden in Capital Markets Drive

Prior to joining Colt, Housden was vice president of global finance accounts at BT Global Services, where he spent 25 years in various roles, including managing the global sales team for Unified Trading and Radianz cloud services, and driving business growth with major accounts in the financial services sector. Before joining BT, Housden held sales roles at telecommunications companies Motorola and Mitel.

“Capital Markets firms face several significant challenges to remain competitive, in particular the need for a more agile and cost-effective infrastructure, migrating applications to the cloud and ever-changing regulatory requirements,” says Housden in a statement. “Colt has a firmly established position in serving Capital Markets firms and is making significant investments to help its customers stay ahead of the market. I am pleased to be part of a company that is setting the benchmark for customer experience and thrives on putting customers first,” he adds.

Based in London, Housden reports to Colt chief commercial officer Tom Regent, another former BT senior executive, who joined Colt last year.