Holly Kramer resigns as Thodey reshuffles Telstra

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Even as Australia's telecom and information services major Telstra today announced some major reshuffle in the organization, the company's product management chief Holly Kramer decided to resign from the company.

Telstra CEO David Thodey had today announced major changes to his leadership team, which he said, “would help the company grow in key markets, invest in innovation, and provide better customer service”.

"Today I am taking another step to organize Telstra around our core strategy: to compete in the fastest-growing markets in Australia and overseas, lead the industry by investing in new products and services, and deliver a better experience for our valued customers," Thodey said in a statement.

Thodey said Holly Kramer decided to leave Telstra to pursue other opportunities.

“I would like to thank Holly for her contribution to the company during a time of incredible change. She has done a tremendous job managing the development and lifecycle of our domestic product portfolio. Everyone at Telstra wishes her every success in her future career,” he said.

Recently Telstra consumer boss David Moffatt had also quit the company.

After the reshuffle, Telstra's product portfolio would be divided into two specialist groups: PSTN, Fixed Broadband, BigPond and Media to be headed by Justin Milne; and Wireless, Data, Applications and Services to be headed by Philip Jones on an acting basis.

“These new groups will help us focus on opportunities in markets that are most important for Telstra's future, like the 'digital home'. This structure will allow us to continue to innovate and provide leading-edge products and services that meet our customers' needs," added Thodey.

Thodey also said the new International unit headed by Tarek Robbiati would bring together all of Telstra's Asian assets and expertise into one dedicated unit for the first time. He said Sensis would remain responsible for product expertise within the Chinese media assets.

“Asia is a very important market for Telstra and the creation of this new unit enables us to take a co-ordinated approach to our performance in one of the world's fast-growing markets,” said Thodey.

Thodey also welcomed Robert Nason to the new position as head of Customer Satisfaction, Simplification and Productivity.