BT appointed Nigel Perks as chief human resources officer for BT Global Services. He will hold the office from October 20,2008. Earlier Perk was appointed Group HR Director and a member of the executive committee of Logica in March 2004, having been corporate HR Director since September 2001. Prior to joining Logica, he was a board member and European HR Director of Equifax plc. Perks previously held a variety of senior international HR roles with Prudential and Digital Equipment Co. Perk succeeded Alan Davis who left BT after 36 years.

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BT Global Services is still open to the possibility of making acquisitions in order to expand its portfolio, François Barrault, CEO of BT’s IT services division, said. A media report further quoted that Barrault saying Global Services will continue to make acquisitions “on a selective basis.” The report said that the executive declined to name any specific targets. By selective, he explained that he isn’t necessarily interested in companies going cheap, but companies that can add to what Global Services can offer. “We are not in a rush, we need to make sure what we do benefits our customers,” he further added.

The companies have the combined assets of €9.7 million, the company acquired Stemmer and SND which together comprise the enterprise IT services segment of Frankfurt-listed net AG. Global Services bought US-based voice application platform developer Ribbit, for $105 million in cash. Barrault’s comments as when BT appointed Royston Hoggarth, currently managing director of corporate financial advisory firm Strategic Capital Associates, as U.K. CEO of Global Services.

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