Appointed in February 2016, Howard was formerly chief architect and managing director global IT systems and led the technical teams behind the launch of BT Sport in 2013. Howard joined BT in 2011 and has 30 years of telecoms experience having spent time at Telewest (now Virgin Media) and Cartesian, a telecommunications consultancy and software company. Since assuming his current role, Howard has overseen the launch of EE’s 5G network - the UK’s first - and BT’s convergence strategy.