The head of US telco and ISP Level 3 Communications, Jeff Storey, is taking a medical leave of absence of about two months after having surgery for a recently diagnosed heart condition.
The head of US telco and ISP Level 3 Communications (NYSE:LVLT), Jeff Storey, is taking a medical leave of absence of about two months after having surgery for a recently diagnosed heart condition.
The operator said in a statement that Storey, who has been CEO since April 2013, is expected to make a full recovery. He will, however, return to duty on a limited basis.
Level 3 chief financial officer Sunit Patel will serve as interim CEO. He has been CFO since 2003 and acted as interim president of Level 3’s EMEA region in 2014.
Level 3 owns networks and data centres in more than 60 countries and has significant global subsea networks. It provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers.