Frontier Communications Appoints Kathleen Weslock Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
July 07 2015 - 10:18AM
Business Wire
Frontier Communications Corporations (NASDAQ:FTR) today
announced that Kathleen Weslock will join the company as Executive
Vice President and Chief People Officer, effective July 13, 2015.
She will report to Daniel J. McCarthy, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and serve as a member of the company’s Senior
Leadership Team.
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Ms. Weslock will oversee all aspects of human resources,
including both strategic direction and daily operations. She will
also be responsible for labor relations, transformation and growth.
She will play a significant role in the integration of 11,000
employees who will join Frontier following completion of the
company’s pending transaction to acquire Verizon wireline assets in
California, Florida and Texas. The acquisition is expected to close
in early 2016.
“I am delighted to welcome Kath to Frontier,” said Dan McCarthy.
“She is an extremely experienced and strategic leader who joins us
as we prepare to welcome 11,000 new employees. I know she will play
a key role in building upon Frontier’s innovative and unique
company culture.” He added, “Kath and I share a strong belief that
a successful enterprise depends upon close business alignment and
partnership, as well as robust resources and programs that support
the workforce. I look forward to working with her, as do all
members of my leadership team.”
Ms. Weslock is an experienced global HR executive who is known
for her proactivity, as well as her progressive and innovative
leadership. She is also a globalist, having worked in many
countries around the world. Most recently, as Senior Vice
President/Chief Human Resources Officer at Cisco Systems, Inc., she
was responsible for setting the agenda for business and HR
transformation, with a focus on Talent, Leadership, Culture and
Organizational Effectiveness.
Ms. Weslock began her career in Human Resources with GTE, now
Verizon, in multiple roles leading to Manager of Labor Relations.
Prior positions included overseeing HR in the Far East and Latin
America for GTE Sylvania, the company’s lighting division at that
time.
Joining Mercer Human Resources Consulting as Principal of
International Practice, she guided Fortune 500 companies through
global mergers and acquisitions. At Mercer, she was considered an
expert in global executive compensation and equity programs. She
then joined Covance as Senior Vice President & Chief Human
Resources Officer, supporting 10,000 employees.
At the global law firm of Shearman & Sterling, Ms. Weslock
was the first Director of Global Human Resources, leading multiple
HR initiatives integrating diverse HR functions and providing
expertise in expatriate management and global HR. Joining Deloitte
as Director of Human Resources, Financial Advisory Services, she
worked as a member of the leadership team to grow the practice,
both in terms of recruitment and employee retention. Later, as
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Internal
Communications at SunGard Data Systems, she built the HR division
into a strategically focused function.
Ms. Weslock holds a JD from Pace University School of Law, a
Masters from the Industrial Labor Relations School at Cornell
University and a Bachelors from Hood College. She is active in a
multitude of professional Boards and organizations and has been
awarded some of the top recognitions in the industry for her
companies.
About Frontier
Communications
Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) offers
broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet data access, data
security solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for
residential customers, small businesses and home offices and
advanced communications for medium and large businesses in 28
states. Frontier's approximately 17,800 employees are based
entirely in the United States. More information is
available at www.frontier.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements,”
related to future, not past, events. Forward-looking statements
address our expected future business and financial performance and
financial condition, and contain words such as “expect,” “believe,”
“look,” “will,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements
by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees,
uncertain. For us, particular uncertainties that could cause our
actual results to be materially different than those expressed in
our forward-looking statements include: risks related to our
pending acquisition of the wireline properties of Verizon
Communications Inc. in California, Florida and Texas, including our
ability to complete the acquisition; and the other factors that are
described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. These risks and uncertainties may cause our actual
future results to be materially different than those expressed in
our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update or
revise these forward-looking statements.
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