Optus announces CFO departure amid scrutiny over emergency call outage

SingTel-owned Optus said on Thursday that two of its senior executives, including its finance chief, will step down next year at a time when Australia’s no.2 telecom operator faces intense scrutiny over two back-to-back outages linked to four deaths.

Optus said Chief Financial Officer Michael Venter will step down next year and will be replaced by Andy Giles Knopp in April. Chief Information Officer Mark Potter will also depart in March and will be replaced by John McInerney starting next month.