Reuters appoints new non-executive director

The Board of Reuters Group has appointed Ken Olisa as non-executive director, with effect from April 22, 2004.

Olisa, aged 52, has over 30 years of business experience, particularly within the technology arena.

He began his career at IBM in the UK in a number of systems engineering, sales and marketing roles.

In 1981 he joined Wang Laboratories Inc. Following a period as marketing director for Europe, vice-president of US marketing and then worldwide marketing, Olisa was appointed senior vice-president and general manager of Wang Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

In this role he was responsible for the sales, marketing, support, service and administration activities within 11 Wang subsidiaries and 92 distributors.

Mr Olisa is Chairman of Interregnum, a technology merchant bank which he founded in 1992.