Stellar picks up new CIO

Call centre and business outsourcing provider Stellar has named a new chief information officer (CIO) for its Asia Pacific business.

Call centre and business outsourcing provider Stellar has named Farid Jarrar as its new chief information officer. (Rotary phone image by sagriffin305, CC2.0)

Farid Jarrar has been appointed as Stellar's Asia Pacific CIO. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, with 12 of those years spent in the contact centre business.

Jarrar's previous positions include a stint at Origin Healthcare and various IT management positions within Excelior and SKILLED Group.

Jarrar fills the chief information officer position left vacant by his predecessor Warwick Marx.

Melissa Hamilton, Stellar's chief executive officer (CEO) for Asia Pacific, said that Jarrar was an ideal candidate to drive the company's future IT projects.

"Stellar is currently undergoing major growth and Farid will play a leading role in shaping the strategic direction of the group's technology function," Hamilton added.