William Priest is Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing & Communications for Orange Business Services. William’s overall mission is to drive the evolution of the company's strategic direction and contribute successfully to the execution of that direction by leading the Strategy, Innovation, Marketing and Communications, and Partnership groups.

Based in Slough and Paris, William reports to the CEO and is a member of the Executive Committee of Orange Business Services.

From January 2004 - December 2004, William was Senior Vice President of Global Products & Solutions. In this position, he was responsible for the Equant product portfolio and service creation.

Previously, William was Vice President of Equant Professional Services for North America from July - December 2003. In that role, he led the 200-member Professional Services group.

Prior to that, William was Director of Professional Services for U.K. and Ireland from January 2002 - July 2003. In addition, he established a direct consulting team with a specialist solutions team. He also established a consultative sales engagement model within Markets and Sales in the U.K.

Prior to joining Equant, William was an executive with IBM Global Services and also held several strategic consulting positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and PA Consulting Group. He was also a director of Strategy at AT&T-Unisource.

William is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a master's degree in Engineering from Southampton University, U.K. and earned a bachelor's degree with honours in Civil Engineering from Nottingham University, U.K.